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You are not alone….

91 million working days are lost annually in the UK due to mental health issues, costing £30 billion per year. The COVID pandemic has resulted in mental health support and employee wellbeing becoming…

General, Hints & Tips, HR / Employment Law News

How can you support your team’s wellbeing?

Over the past year, we’ve all had to deal with change. Change in the way we live, work and socialise. These changes have meant that the mental health and wellbeing of employees…

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9 to 5 love

The subject of personal relationships at work can be a tricky area to navigate, especially in the wake of the #MeToo movement.  But are restrictions on such relationships permissible, and is it…

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Remote working: From exception to rule?

Currently, people are permitted to go to work only if they “cannot reasonably work from home”. The government guidance is that only public sector employees in essential services and those working in…

ACAS Employment Law, HR / Employment Law News

Changes to ACAS Early Conciliation

Did you know that ACAS Early Conciliation has now changed to allow a standard six-week early conciliation process in all cases? Previously there was a default period of one month with the…

HR / Employment Law News, Redundancy Law

The trials and tribulations of surviving redundancy

Employers have a duty to make reasonable attempts to find alternative employment for anyone facing redundancy, and employees on maternity leave have an additional right to be offered any suitable alternative role…

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Maternity Matters

Is it automatically unfair to make an employee on maternity leave redundant? Not necessarily, but it is trickier… Employees returning from ordinary maternity leave (the first 6 months) have the right to…

Bumping Redundancy Blogs, HR / Employment Law News

The art of picking and choosing….

In our previous feature, we mentioned the need for employers to adopt a fair selection process when effecting redundancies, i.e. via the use of a robust selection matrix, consisting of several criteria…