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HR vs the law | 'Sacked for taking lunch break' & other surreal employment tribunals from 2022
Another year, another set of unusual legal rows...
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Religion at work | The hostility & ridicule facing Christians employees
Report reveals Christian employees feel unable to express faith openly at work...
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Festive faux pas | Is Xmas shopping on company time a sackable offence?
The Christmas period can be a chaotic time, both in and outside of work. Businesses frantically try and...
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'Act now' | New Supreme Court case could cause another holiday pay headache for HR
Case being heard in the Supreme Court this week could have significant implications for how businesses...
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'Not a good look' | Twitter's Elon Musk faces down burned out staff with latest controversial move
We're nearing the halfway point in December, and it's safe to say that employee energy reserves are...
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'Riddled with issues' | Concern & optimism over new legal boost for flexible working
Positive signs for employees, but bosses can still say no...
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'Paid to read the paper' | £105k worker says firm slashed his duties after whistleblowing incident
What sounds like a dream scenario actually has serious HR implications...
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Rude awakening | Midnight text tells staff they're fired - a new low for mismanaged lay-offs?
Couldn't bosses wait just a few more hours?
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'Legal right to be boring' | Worker sacked for refusing to take part in team building days
Worker refused to get involved in heavy drinking and bullying...
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'Challenge it' | Staff given list of transphobic terms to avoid - will it promote real change?
List of phrases to avoid puts spotlight on inclusion initiatives...
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'Extraordinary story' | Twitter exodus underway as staff reject Musk's 'hardcore' work demand
#RIPTwitter becomes an ominous hashtag...
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Meta, MADE et al | As list of firms axing jobs grows, reviewing your redundancy plan is a must
A series of major employers have recently announced thousands of job cuts...
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Jobs & WFH axed | Is it any surprise that Elon Musk is dismantling Twitter's progressive HR?
Twitter staff prepare for billionaire's hot headed decisions...
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Halloween | How HR can avoid these common office horrors
The office can be fraught with fear-inducing situations...
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'Wiped out' | Top MPs' attacks on worker rights could cost them their seats, study warns
Johnson, Rees-Mogg & co. at risk of losing their seats amid outrage...
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10,000 jobs axed | Royal Mail's mass redundancy plan will be a huge test of HR's mettle
The redundancy process is tough not just for workers, but for HR teams too...
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'Ethical responsibility' | First UK firm using new 'strike-breaker' law faces an early setback
A school has become one of the first workplaces in Britain to utilise recently-passed laws that allow...
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‘Botched Tory economics’ | New mandatory reporting threshold - which workers will it affect?
The government's change to reporting thresholds is set to impact thousands of businesses around the...
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Following orders | KPMG worker takes fall for £14m scandal after being told to forge docs
Panel rules that employee should have raised the alarm about the auditing scandal...
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'Woke thing' | Ex-BBC presenter suggests he was dismissed for being '65, white and male'
Veteran sports pundit suggests his age, gender and race were key...
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