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Uber | Firm to give UK drivers holiday pay, minimum wage & pension
'Uber drivers will receive an earnings guarantee, holiday pay and a pension, and will retain the flexibility...
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Tomahawk Steakhouse | Furloughed staff 'asked to loan firm 10%'
A union has claimed that a restaurant chain has asked furloughed staff members to loan the organisation...
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Boris Johnson | Experts respond to PM's roadmap
Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement, several experts in the field have shed light on...
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Supreme Court ruling | Uber drivers must be classified as workers
Following the UK's Supreme Court's ruling, legal experts have suggested that this could set the…...
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Drinking & cigarettes | Zoom standards 'slipping' during lockdown
A recent WIRED article detailed that during a company Zoom call...
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Working parents | Claims that pandemic redundancies are unfair
New data from employment law specialists Slater and Gordon has found that one in six workers who were...
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ONS data | Unemployment in UK hits four-year high
According to the latest data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), unemployment throughout...
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Covid-19 | What HR needs to know about vaccine refusals
While the Government has confirmed that the vaccine will not be mandatory, employees may be forced to...
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Workers' rights | Business Secretary confirms post-Brexit review
When speaking to the business, energy and industrial strategy committee yesterday, Kwasi Kwarteng shared...
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‘Highly controversial’ | 'Changes to 48-hour week' could give HR more work
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly thinking about a post-Brexit overhaul of labour laws -...
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Legal | Tribunal claims up by 27% in last year
The volume of employment tribunals within the UK has increased massively within the last year...
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School closures | Call for firms to offer furlough to working parents
The TUC is calling on employers to consider offering furlough to all parents who may be affected by “this...
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Rishi Sunak | Chancellor extends furlough scheme by extra month
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has extended the furlough scheme for one month until the end...
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Lockdown wellbeing | How HR can support menopause
New research has found that women are experiencing increased anxiety and sleeplessness as they go through...
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Holiday season | COVID-19 restrictions will hit Xmas leave
A legal expert spoke to HR Grapevine, revealing that instances have started to rise where employers have...
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Legal | Is unused holiday a 'ticking time bomb' for employers?
According to Nick Hine of employment law specialist Hine Legal, accrued holiday entitlement is fast becoming...
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Tribunals | Claimants to wait 14 months for court hearings
Research shared by employment law firm GQ|Littler has revealed that discrimination cases are taking up...
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Ruth Langsford | TV host recalls workplace sexism in early career
Speaking on a recent podcast, TV host Ruth Langsford opened up about her career and recalled an incident...
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BBC | Firm caught up in employee LGBT+ storm
Claims from an employee at the BBC have suggested that staff looking to attend Pride events may be...
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Bills crisis | Employees 'sacrifice savings' as WFH costs soar
When the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this year, many employees were moved to homeworking arrangements...
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