Legal sector

Clifford Chance and Cooley have for the first time included fertility benefits within their staff benefit packages.

Law firm Kingsley Napley has formalised a policy that offers paid time off work to all staff affected by pregnancy loss.

The European Court win for the Tesco workers was significant, but there is still a long road ahead.

The ‘diversity champions’ scheme run by LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall has been accused of providing unlawful advice on transgender rights.

The UK’s highest court is to offer paid internships to aspiring lawyers from underrepresented groups in a bid to boost diversity in the judiciary.

Following the Supreme Court Uber decision, fixed share partners at LLPs could argue that they are actually employees.

Lawyers warn over risk of discrimination against home workers; affluent suburbs have highest proportion working at home, ONS finds.

Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and Others will decide whether organisations are able to negotiate directly with staff where trade unions hold collective bargaining rights. 

Leaders' own wellbeing is crucial if the right decisions are to be made in HR as the hybrid working era gets under way.

A City law firm has called for the criteria for the issuing of Global Talent Visas to be relaxed to help safeguard the arts sector.

Businesses requiring skills from overseas should take note of this flexible new route to working in the UK. Kathryn Bradbury and Richard Milford explain why.

Law firm says, depending on their role, staff will be free to choose where and when they work.

Bullying and biased leadership structures are preventing black and ethnic minority judges from reaching the top jobs claim a group of judges.

For much of 2020, with the UK in the grip of the Covid pandemic, the Home Office did not issue any Right to Work fines but in the final quarter of last year 77 fines were issued.

The TUC has sounded the alarm over ‘huge gaps’ in UK employment law over the use of AI.