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Opinion | 24:11:21

Mental health in the workplace: the evolving challenge

Supporting mental health in the workplace is likely to be one of the key challenges facing employers, HR directors and managers over the next 12 months and beyond.

Opinion | 18:11:21

Institutionalised racism and cricket: a warning to all employers?

Those who have been following the news story about Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the instances of racist abuse highlighted by former player and whistle-blower Azeem Rafiq cannot have failed to notice quite how many individuals and entities are currently having to answer charges of racism for what was said and done by them or in their name.

Opinion | 12:11:21

Budget 2021: the business perspective

The autumn budget announcement at the end of October was an opportunity for employers everywhere to gauge the Government's assessment of how the economy is coping, what the forecasts are, and how to safeguard against any further turbulence that may be coming down the track in these troublesome times.

Opinion | 05:11:21

Female staff face daily sexual harassment in online meetings leaving employers exposed

Female employees are facing unacceptable levels of daily sexual harassment in online meetings and in online messaging services

Employee leaving

Opinion | 13:10:21

When an employee leaves, make sure your data doesn’t

From the deliberate poaching of staff, through to people leaving to set up a competitor - for many financial services firms leavers present the biggest security risk.

Employment law update

Opinion | 06:10:21

Employment legal update #50 | October 2021

Our Employment & HR team brings its monthly review of new legislation, guidance and case law.

Woman signing an employment contract

Opinion | 05:10:21

Permanent health insurance – are you covered?

The labour market is competitive with employers seeking to offer the best benefits package they can to attract talent. In some cases problems arise where there is confusion about whether or not a particular benefit forms part of an employee’s contract. In Amdocs Systems Group Ltd v Langton, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) highlighted the risks for employers of having contractual benefits which are underpinned by an insurance policy.

Employment law update

Opinion | 16:09:21

Employment legal update #49 | September 2021

Our Employment & HR team brings its monthly review of new legislation, guidance and case law.

Opinion | 06:09:21

Call from British Retail Consortium for better protection of retail workers

According to a recent survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), there has been a 7% rise in incidents of violence and abuse against shop workers compared to the previous year.

Contractor

Opinion | 16:08:21

DWP missing payment of IR35

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing an £87.9 million tax bill for incorrect determination of the IR35 status of its contractors. This is despite the fact that the DWP used the HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) system to check the status.. The bill concerns missing tax and national insurance contributions owed to HMRC from between 2017 and 2021.

Redundancy

Opinion | 16:08:21

Employee unfairly dismissed – furlough not considered as an alternative to redundancy

Prior to March 2020 the term ‘furlough’ was little understood. Over the last 18 months it has become a well known device used to save thousands of employees from losing their jobs.

Sexual harassment at work

Opinion | 29:07:21

Employers to be made liable in the event they fail to protect their staff from sexual harassment

Protection from sexual harassment has been included in the UK’s equalities law for several decades, yet unfortunately harassment in the workplace remains a significant issue. We welcome the government’s recent announcement, via its recently published consultation, that it is looking to widen and increase the protection afforded to people in the workplace against sexual harassment.

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