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Potential Significant Reforms for HR Teams in Financial Services

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced plans on 9th December 2022 to review the Senior Managers and Certification (SMCR) regime….
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It’s the most wonderful time for a beer?

A Christmas party is great for employers to reward hard work, but there’s many clients who have seen complaints, grievances…
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Changes made to flexible working requests

The Government has yesterday released the outcome of its consultation, Making Flexible Working the Default….
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Equal Pay Day 2022

All employers in the UK have a legal obligation to ensure that men and women receive equal pay for performing…
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Football is coming…to work? Top tips for employers for the World Cup 2022

ACAS has given advice encouraging employers to consider a degree of flexibility over the World Cup period….
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Bathgate v Technip UK – Can future discrimination claims be covered by Settlement Agreements?

The Equality Act does not allow for settlement of unknown future claims even where the wording of a Settlement Agreement…
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Gender critical beliefs – successful discrimination claim

The claimant argued that the decision not to renew her consultancy agreement was because of her gender-critical beliefs….
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Equal Pay and the Gender Pay Gap – What’s the Difference?

In legal terms the gender pay gap is different from an equal pay claim. We have set out a brief…
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Shared Parental Leave Sex Discrimination Claim

Can a man on Shared Parental Leave use a woman on Adoption Leave as a comparator in a sex discrimination…
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Landmark Decision for Asda Workers

In a landmark Supreme Court decision, retail employees of Asda are now one step closer to succeeding in their claim…
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National Minimum Wage and ‘Sleep-in’ Shifts

The Supreme Court has ruled that ‘sleep-in shift time’ is not considered ‘work’ for the purposes of the national minimum…
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Balancing conflicting views in the workplace

If an employee is in a job which requires them to apply a non-biased approach, they should not allow personal…