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Wind-down of furlough scheme - infographic
17 June 2021As the UK’s lockdown further eases, more employers will return their staff from furlough. As the furlough scheme winds down, we set out key dates for employers in our timeline here.
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Flexible staffing options
16 June 2021There are other ways to staff a business apart from using permanent employees on full time contracts.
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‘Gender critical’ beliefs are protected philosophical beliefs
16 June 2021The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that “gender critical” beliefs are protected philosophical beliefs for equality law purposes, while confirming that a belief in “gender identity” is also a protected characteristic. This means that it is unlawful to discriminate against someone because they do or do not hold either of those beliefs.
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Diversity leadership – why Gareth Southgate has played a blinder
16 June 2021There are instructive lessons for business leaders and diversity managers in the way the England manager has conducted himself in the run-up to and early stages of the European football championship.
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Ireland moves one step closer to introducing statutory sick pay
10 June 2021The Irish government has announced more details of its mandatory sick pay scheme. The new law will give employees in Ireland a right to sick pay for the first time from 2022.
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Reporting Ethnicity Pay Gaps Recommended for UK Employers: Tom Heys comments for SHRM
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04 June 2021The U.K.'s Commission for Racial and Ethnicity Disparity recently recommended that all employers voluntarily report pay gaps among ethnic groups to identify and rectify disparities.
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European Court confirms Tesco employees can make equal pay comparison based on EU law
03 June 2021The European Court of Justice has confirmed that Tesco shop workers can rely directly on European law in order to compare themselves to distribution centre workers for the purposes of an equal pay claim.
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HR headaches for the holiday season
27 May 2021In the second article of our three-part series looking at resourcing over the holiday season, we consider some of the difficult issues that employers will be facing in this area. These range from managing quarantine and staff with built-up annual leave to contemplating new policy approaches to holidays for the longer term.
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What's new In Irish employment law? 3 key areas to watch: Síobhra Rush writes for Mondaq
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27 May 2021Three areas of employment law in Ireland have seen recent significant developments: employment status and the gig economy; collective bargaining arrangements; and gender pay gap reporting.
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What to know when putting together your firm’s flexible working policy: Russell Brimelow comments for The Drum
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24 May 2021Working nine to five, what a way to make a living. Flexible working policies have been a hot topic for several years now, but the conversation has reached a fever pitch since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Employee competition: top tips for start-up businesses
21 May 2021In this article, we set out our key recommendations for protecting your start-up business against employee competition, from managing the risks arising when you recruit new employees to putting in place the right contracts and responding to competitive threats.
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We’re all going on a working holiday! Issues to consider when employees want to work abroad over the summer
20 May 2021In the first of our new three-part series of articles looking at resourcing over the holiday season, we consider the position of employees seeking to extend their summer holiday by working remotely from their overseas holiday destination.
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Can EU nationals continue frontier working post-Brexit? Joanna Hunt writes for HR magazine
20 May 2021As the dust from Brexit has settled, attention has turned to what this means for cross-border workers in the UK.
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How to respond if an employee is side hustling for a customer: Carla Feakins writes for The Times
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20 May 2021Carla Feakins explains how to police employee side-hustles on the Times Enterprise Network.
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Remote working needs to “protect competitive, pro-enterprise economy” – Tánaiste: Linda Hynes comments for Industrial Relations News
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17 May 2021Linda Hynes comments in an article for Industrial Relations News on remote working following a speech by Irish Tanaiste, Leo Varadkar.
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Linda Hynes discusses employee monitoring while working from home with Jess Kelly on Newstalk
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14 May 2021Linda Hynes discusses employee monitoring while working from home with Jess Kelly on Newstalk
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Regulators push for greater diversity in financial services: Michael Burd comments for Compliance Monitor
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14 May 2021Diversity and inclusion are regulatory issues, the Financial Conduct Authority has affirmed, and will be “mainstreamed” into all its processes.
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How to manage occupational health compliance: Vince Toman comments for Supply Management
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14 May 2021The pandemic has forced many employees to construct makeshift workstations, while battling family members for space. One year on, and with millions still at home, is there a looming threat of occupational health risks ahead?
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No space for Employment Bill in Queen’s Speech
13 May 2021The long-awaited Employment Bill was missing from the Queen’s Speech on 11 May. This article looks at the implications for employment law reform and what employers can now expect.
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Mental health matters - how we reacted to COVID-19: Emma Richardson writes for The Law Society
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11 May 2021In this article for The Law Society, Emma Richardson shares the ways we've supported our employees' wellbeing since the first lockdown in March 2020.