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All rewards and no repercussions | Is favouritism at work illegal?

13th December 2019 No Comments

BLOG As humans, we will naturally warm to some people more than others. However, in the workplace, preferential treatment can create real issues. It’s quite

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Secret Santa | 3 ways to keep gift-giving fun, without unwrapping HR issues

15th November 2019 No Comments

BLOG Written on 4 November 2024 Love it or hate it, Secret Santa is something many workplaces participate in in the lead up to Christmas,

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Third-party harassment | Tribunal rules cases must relate to a protected characteristic

11th November 2019 No Comments

BLOG Under the Equality Act (EqA) 2010, employers may be held vicariously liable for acts of harassment committed by one employee against another – but

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An employer’s guide to positive discrimination

27th September 2019 No Comments

Blog Most of us can agree that treating somebody unfairly on the basis of their sex, race or disability isn’t acceptable – but when it

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Positive discrimination in recruitment | Can employers prioritise women and minorities?

27th September 2019 No Comments

Most of us can agree that treating somebody unfairly on the basis of their sex, race or disability isn’t acceptable – but when it comes

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Worker or self-employed? Court rules out-of-hours GP was wrongly categorised

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BLOG Determining an individual’s employment status is not always a clear-cut exercise, as a number of factors play a part in whether somebody is a

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Social media | Can employers be held liable for posts employees make outside of work?

12th July 2019 No Comments

BLOG All too often, ill-judged posts on social media become a work issue, with ramifications for both employees and employers. In recent years, we’ve seen

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2019 statistics | Tribunal numbers increase for the second year running

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Blog The report by the Ministry of Justice gives us the statistics for the period January to March 2019, compares the figures against the same

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DRESS CODE | Piercings in the workplace

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Can an employer ask an employee to not wear a piercing to work?  Employers do have a wide discretion to decide what their employees are

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After reviewing consultation responses, the government has highlighted the difficulty in defining ‘caste’ in legislation and said it will rely on case law to develop

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