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Warning! Be prepared for workplace disruption with lifting of lockdown restrictions
Flexibility around working arrangements is now more important than ever before in the ever-changeable work climate.
Increasing numbers of employees being ordered …
The need for caution and less haste when dealing with employee misconduct
There can be outrageous acts of gross misconduct for which you believe an employee deserves to be sacked on the spot, but doing so is never a good idea.
There have been a number of report…
Should I smile if caught on camera at work?
Revealing CCTV footage played a central role in the resignation of Matt Hancock, so it is worth focusing and taking a much closer look at the use of surveillance cameras in t…
What can an employer do about an office romance?
Matt Hancock’s widely publicised breach of social-distancing guidelines put paid to his tenure as health secretary and highlighted the peril of workplace romances.
He handed in…
The lockdown extension and important news for employers
The announcement of a four-week extension before lockdown restrictions will finally be lifted in England was surrounded by crucial news for employers.
Whether an emplo…
Urgent check-up needed to ensure sickness policy is fit for purpose
A tribunal decision that it was ok for an employee to go to the pub while signed off work sick may be considered funny by many, but it is no laughing matter for employers.
A 66-year-old driver won h…
Equal Pay
The idea that all genders should be paid equally for doing exactly the same job is perfectly reasonable.
In fact there is a legal requirement for employers to ensure that it does in fact happe…
UK employment one year after the death of George Floyd
The brutal murder of George Floyd highlighted racism in all aspects of society including work – but one year on has anything really changed?
The shocking mobile phone footage o…
Avoid paying the price for unfair pandemic wage cuts
The last 14 months have been financially challenging for employers of all sizes, but it should not be used as a convenient excuse to enforce pay cuts.
The coronavirus&…
What can an employer do about misconduct outside of the workplace?
Dealing with misconduct in the workplace can be problematic - but it can be even more challenging when it happens outside of it.
The dilemma can often be: How much control&…
Shining the spotlight on bullying and harassment at work
Serious allegations of bullying and harassment in the workplace are once again headline news.
It’s an age-old problem, this is nothing new, but it is something all employers need to be alert t…
Weighing up the options to keep staff safe and healthy
Weight and anything related to it can be a touchy subject, so the idea that an employer may ask for your waist size in order to keep you safe is likely to divide opinion.
The Health and Safety at Wo…
