HR practice

May 2024's most sought after FAQs on Brightmine include how to manage poor performance and calculating redundancy pay.

Staff at FA Cup winners Manchester United have been offered early payment of an annual bonus if they resign by next Wednesday.

Refusal to attend the office for at least three days a week will lead to partners at one City law firm with negative performance reviews.

Derogatory and racist messages shared on workplace WhatsApp group. One worker was unfairly dismissed but another worker's claim failed.

Met police officer pressured to return to the office despite heart condition wins disability discrimination and harassment tribunal case.

A survey by Brightmine has found that eight in 10 organisations have provided no AI training to employees.

Sports reporter Ian Stringer loses claim for unfair dismissal after being sacked by BBC for breaching policy by endorsing products on X.

Has hybrid working led to bad habits when it comes to tidiness?

The Bank of England is set to increase its presence in Leeds and plans to have one in 10 staff based in the city by 2027.

A teacher who lost his job after falling asleep in class was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal finds.

The government has rejected a recommendation from a group of MPs to ban the use of non-disclosure agreements in sexual harassment cases.

Fifty-one per cent of employees would be tempted to take a job at a different organisation if it offered a four-day working week.

Labour's New Deal for Working People challenges the idea that the UK should be a low cost, deregulated economy, given that productivity remains stubbornly below its European competitors.

There will be no more standalone civil service EDI jobs outside HR and external spending will require government sign-off.

Labour's current plans could cause a spike in legal disputes against employers, claims employment lawyers.