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Ever since a crucial alteration was made to the wording of the Equality Act 2010 , the question...

Banter is one thing, but employers who turn a blind eye to workplaces descending into toxic arenas...

The pressure put on many employment relationships by COVID-19 was illustrated by the case of a...

Thousands of businesses left struggling by the COVID-19 pandemic have had little choice but to...

The law protects workers against detrimental treatment for taking part in the activities of...

Employees who are tasked with enforcing health and safety rules often encounter stiff resistance...

When recruiting staff, you may have a particular type of candidate in mind, but that is precisely...

The COVID-19 pandemic has massively increased the prevalence of home working but, for some,...

Numerous businesses have sadly gone bust during the COVID-19 pandemic and, if you are amongst the...

An increasing number of employers require job applicants to fill out online forms and to submit...

Horseplay in any working environment is laden with risk for employers and that is certainly true...

Policies which seek to restrain employees' inappropriate use of social media may seem sensible but...

The provision of workplace equality and diversity training can afford employers a powerful defence...

Some shop floors are rough and ready places where foul language abounds, but if a worker makes a...

The word 'disability' may summon images of people suffering from grave physical incapacity but, in...

Employers who are found to have discriminated on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity will...

In order to qualify for legal protection, whistleblowers must genuinely believe that the...

Online trading in a wide range of cryptocurrencies, tokens and vouchers has taken off in the past...

Many low-paid workers who have an essential role in keeping the nation moving are at particularly...

Any organisation that does not have an effective system of succession planning in place must face...

Stoicism is a 2,300-year-old system of ethics which guided the steps of such giants of classical...

Discriminatory acts or omissions may be seen as one-off incidents or as a sequence giving rise to...

The Government has accepted the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission as regards the National...

An award of compensation is the most common remedy granted in cases of unfair dismissal, but...

Can a dismissal ever be fair if formal disciplinary procedures are dispensed with? A tribunal...

It is a fundamental feature of any free society that justice must be done in public, but how does...

Employers who fail to provide support and understanding to sick workers can expect to pay a high...

What is an employee? What is a worker? The answer to those perennially tricky questions has been...

Many employers are taking laudable steps to increase diversity in their workforces by recruiting...

The process of selecting staff for redundancy is fraught with legal pitfalls and seeking...