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Ashleigh Webber

Ashleigh Webber

Ashleigh is a former editor of OHW+ and former HR and wellbeing editor at Personnel Today. Ashleigh's areas of interest include employee health and wellbeing, equality and inclusion and skills development. She has hosted many webinars for Personnel Today, on topics including employee retention, financial wellbeing and menopause support.

    • USA
    • Latest News
    • Executive pay

    Increase UK executive pay to prevent ‘exodus’ to the US

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Jul 2024

    Companies could face an exodus ofexecutives if they do not increase top-level pay, one of the UK's biggest asset management firms has said.

    • Mental health conditions
    • Health and safety
    • Latest News

    New Labour government’s health focus welcomed

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Jul 2024

    Labour government's plans to tackle health inequalities and help more people with conditions and disabilities into work have been welcomed.

    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News
    • Discrimination

    Ferry cook with hip condition wins £28k for unfair dismissal

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jul 2024

    A ferry worker wins his unfair dismissal case after he developed a hip condition that affected the tasks he was able to carry out.

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Labour market

    General election: What the major parties are offering employers

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jul 2024

    We round up the major political parties' policies for employers ahead of the general election 2024, taking place on 4 July.

    • Vexatious claims
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    Former HSBC risk chief loses race discrimination case

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Jul 2024

    A former HSBC employee has lost his claims for race discrimination and unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal.

    • Latest News
    • Greece
    • Family-friendly benefits

    Keir Starmer clocks off at 6pm on Fridays to focus on family

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jul 2024

    Labour leader Keir Starmer has revealed he stops working at six o'clock on Fridays to spend time with family.

    • Maternity
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    • Employment tribunals

    Mum’s job offer pulled following discovery of children’s ages

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jul 2024

    A mother has won more than £90,000 for sex discrimination after a job offer was withdrawn when boss asked how old her children were.

    • Brexit
    • Expatriates
    • Europe

    Barriers to workers getting qualifications recognised in EU

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jul 2024

    Report finds issues when it comes to getting professional qualifications recognised in the EU, including differences in costs.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution

    Unite calls off industrial action at Tata Steel

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jul 2024

    A strike and action short of a strike have been called off after Tata Steel indicated it would enter into negotiations.

    • Case law
    • Belief discrimination
    • Employment law

    Christian wins discrimination claim after job offer rescinded over LGBT views

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jul 2024

    A Christian has partly won his belief discrimination claim after a charity rescinded his job offer following the discovery of Facebook posts he had made.

    • Police
    • Gender
    • Early careers

    Women make up most graduates joining counter-terrorism roles

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Jul 2024

    Women made up the majority of trainees recruited into counter-terrorism policing via a new graduate scheme.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Job creation and losses

    Tata Steel considers earlier Port Talbot closure due to strike

    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 28 Jun 2024

    Tata Steel could close its Port Talbot furnaces earlier than planned if strike action goes ahead next month.

    • National living wage
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    National living wage rise puts pressure on pay bills

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2024

    The April increase to the national living wage contributed an additional 1% to affected employers' overall pay bill.

    • Case law
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Employer wins appeal in travel time minimum wage case

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2024

    A company has successfully challenged a minimum wage underpayment case in relation to time spent travelling to work.

    • Social mobility
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Gender

    One in three retailers still have an all-white board

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jun 2024

    Some 35% of retailers still have an all-white board, research into retail board diversity in 2024 has found.

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