A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in June 2024. HR Updates Amber alerts £4.6 million disability discrimination payout for Council Employer wins in Court of Appeal disability discrimination case Gender critical beliefs in the workplace

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in May 2024. HR Updates Amber alerts Fire and rehire: New Code of Conduct published Equality Act 2010 amendment widens scope of indirect discrimination claims Green alerts Seeking to take parental leave

Performance management is what we usually call it when organisations take measures to deal with employee capability issues. By capability issues, I mean an employee’s (or manager’s) failure to perform all aspects of their job satisfactorily. This could mean working too slowly, making errors, misjudgements, having insufficient skill, not knowing essential stuff… you get the…

I’ve led many training sessions on giving negative feedback to employees (or are we supposed to call it constructive feedback?), and I usually start by asking who on the course already feels confident about doing this. Not a single person has ever raised their hand. In truth, I wouldn’t raise mine either because whilst I…

April was filled with employment law changes, plenty of updated and new resources, and it was our 10th birthday! Catch up on anything you missed here… Best of our blogs April’s employment law changes – Our previous Practice Index blog explored upcoming changes to flexible working legislation coming into effect on 6th April 2024. However,…

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in April 2024. HR Updates Red alerts UPDATE: Employment law changes in 2024 (Summary so far) Amber alerts Employer’s failure to ask follow-up questions in investigation leads to unfair dismissal win Green alerts Practice Manager sentenced for stealing £324,000

Psst! You may not be aware of it, but this coming year, the UK Government is tinkering aplenty with various employment rights. This means that updates to your HR policies will probably be required along the way. The first matter to grab people’s attention looks like changes to statutory flexible working request rules, due on…