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Acas guidance for employers on winter weather issues

8 February 2019

7 February 2019

Updated employers’ right to work checklist published 

UK Visas and Immigration have published an updated checklist explaining the types of documents that are acceptable for checking an employee’s right to work and...

31 January 2019

Stonewall names the top employers for LGBT people in 2019

Stonewall has named the top employers for LGBT people in 2019 compiled from the Workplace Equality Index which enables employers to measure, verify and improve...

30 January 2019

New research reveals high levels of job discrimination faced by ethnic minorities in Britain

Fictitious applications were made to nearly 3,200 real jobs, randomly varying applicants’ minority background, but holding their skills, qualifications and work experience constant. On average,...

29 January 2019

Report published on ‘Employers’ Understanding of the Gender Pay Gap and Actions to Tackle it’

The Equalities Office has published a report setting out the results of 2018 research involving 900 organisations shortly after the deadline for employers to publish...

28 January 2019

Complaint of defamation by colleagues can be a qualifying ‘whistleblowing’ disclosure

However, under S.43B, a worker also has to show that he or she believed that the disclosure was in the public interest. Here, Ibrahim did...

24 January 2019

CIPD report shows flexible working uptake has stalled for nearly a decade

A new CIPD report shows that the number of employees using formal flexible working arrangements has flat-lined since 2010, despite the right to request flexible...

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EHRC agreement highlights best practice measures to prevent sexual harassment

23 January 2019

22 January 2019

Guidance published on new payslip rules in force from April 2019

The BEIS has published guidance on the legislation coming into force from April 2019 requiring employers to provide payslips to all workers, not just employees,...

21 January 2019

Dismissal of diabetic driver for urinating in a yard was unfair and discriminatory

In ASDA Stores Ltd v Raymond, R was employed as a lorry driver. He has Type 2 diabetes. He parked his lorry close to the...

16 January 2019

12 to 18-month delay in listing hearings for multi-day cases

The official minutes of the latest employment tribunals national user group indicate a 165% increase in claims and significant delays in listing cases involving multi-day...

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Changes coming into force for online right to work checking service

15 January 2019

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