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Employers named and shamed for failing to pay minimum wage

8 January 2021

7 January 2021

The Guardian reports that a trafficked woman who asked a judge for the right to work as a cleaner has won a landmark victory in...

6 January 2021

What are the pros and cons to keeping key staff given that the furlough scheme keeps being extended at the last minute and an end...

6 January 2021

The Government announced that they will consult on reforming the use of exclusivity and non-compete clauses in employment contracts. Among other things, it is predicted...

5 January 2021

The traditional view of whistleblowing is that it is largely done by troublemakers and causes more work for HR. However, companies who take this view...

5 January 2021

Data subject access requests (DSARs) are often the bane of employers’ lives – compiling the information sought is a time-consuming and arduous process. Unfortunately, DSARs,...

4 January 2021

A person has a disability under the Equality Act if they have a ‘physical or mental impairment’ which ‘has a substantial and long-term adverse effect...

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Company fined after machine operator suffered serious leg injury

4 January 2021

24 December 2020

PersonnelToday reports two female gym employees who were subjected to derogatory comments about their sex by their superior – and were deterred from remaining at...

23 December 2020

HRReview reports that the social media app Pinterest has agreed to pay out £16.9 million after former Chief Operating Officer, Françoise Brougher, brought claims of...

22 December 2020

There is currently a considerable backlog of Employment Tribunal claims due to the pandemic so any attempt to come to a resolution using the ACAS...

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Government should extend furlough scheme

21 December 2020

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