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Summer absence | Spotted at the pub: the suspicious summer absence
An employee being seen out while off sick doesn't always mean misconduct. Here's...
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Employment Rights Act | HR urged to act now as six-month unfair dismissal rights move closer
The new measures will fundamentally change how employers manage recruitment, probation...
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Wellbeing | Managing personal issues that impact performance
From money worries to off-duty behaviour, some personal issues can quickly become...
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AI tribunal | The rise of AI generated grievances and Tribunal claims
From grievances to tribunal claims, we unpack how AI is changing formal HR processes...
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Legal | Three weeks on from the April employment law changes: the gap most UK SMEs still haven't closed
Three weeks ago, the biggest wave of UK employment law changes in a generation came...
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Sick Pay | The Bradford Factor under day one SSP: a cautionary tale for employers
What is the Bradford Factor and why it's more risky than ever to use in isolation...
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Disability | When duty of care fails: lessons from the BAFTAs incident
In light of the recent BAFTAs incident, organisations should be looking closely at...
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‘Unprecedented’ | 'Landmark case' for tribunals as employee jailed after fabricating harassment claims
A former Commerzbank analyst has been jailed for contempt of court after fabricating...
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'Turning point' | UK's largest tribunals centre set to open in bid to tackle backlog of cases
New hub aims to tackle the growing tribunal backlog, but employment lawyers say the...
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Strategy | EDI isn't going anywhere in 2026
As the legal landscape shifts and AI fuels smarter grievances, EDI is becoming a...
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'Monitored by AI all day' | Ex-TikTok staff accuse social media firm of bullying, harassment & 'union busting'
Ex-TikTok moderators are mounting a legal claim accusing the company of bullying,...
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'Wake-up call' | Millions of workers left in the dark as historic employment reforms approach
The UK is on the brink of the most significant transformation of workplace rights...
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Strategy | Your essential HR & payroll checklist for 2026
Here's our essential HR & payroll checklist to help you understand what's changing...
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'Serial litigant' | The worker who has fought 54 tribunals in 10 years
Employment tribunals exist to give workers a fair route to challenge discrimination,...
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Harassment | The Worker Protection Act: One strike and you're out
Sexual harassment isn't a three-strike offence. Under the Worker Protection Act,...
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'A surprise to many' | Government scraps day-one dismissal rights in major Employment Rights Bill U-turn
The government has abandoned its headline promise to give all workers the right to...
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Absence | Do you trust your employees?
When employees feel trusted and cared for, everything changes for the better. Here's...
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Big Interview | Chief Legal & HR Officer, Pure Storage: My functions are friends, not 'foes'
Niki Armstrong combines being a legal chief with being an HR chief - but she says...
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Employment rights | Just 1 in 6 HR teams fully confident their practices would stand up in tribunal
New research reveals that many HR teams are uncertain whether their current practices...
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Fairness vs. feasability | Will the Fair Work Agency fix a broken system, or just create more red tape?
Will this new body genuinely make work fairer, or will it simply add to the growing...
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