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Currently, employed fathers and partners have to choose between taking one week or two weeks' paternity leave; this will change so that they can take the two-week entitlement in two separate blocks of one week if they want to. Rather than just being able to take...

The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill received Royal Assent on 20 July. The  Employment Rights Act 1996 will be amended so that: An employee will no longer have to explain what effect, if any, they think their requested change will have and how this should...

Did you know that alcohol causes 17 million sick days in the UK every year? With this in mind, it is important to provide your employees with support. How can you do this? 1) Promote awareness - what is responsible drinking? what are the health risks? 2) Train your...

A judge has ruled that a teacher was a victim of unintentional harassment after the employer refused to let the employee’s mother attend her disciplinary hearing, which amounted to failure to make reasonable adjustments. The teacher was disabled, with anxiety and...

This case established that gender critical views are protected as a belief under the Equality Act 2010. The Company dis-continued her contract after she tweeted about her views. But the Employment Tribunal upheld Forstater's case, concluding that she had suffered...

The after effects of Covid-19, is long covid and many people are affected. The symptom list seems endless, this is what the NHS are deeming the most common symptoms of long COVID are: extreme tiredness (fatigue) feeling short of breath loss of smell muscle aches...

I bumped into someone the other day who told me that they had been offered a new job. They were very surprised that they had been successful, because they were 61 and they thought their age was against them. The UK continues to find it difficult to recruit skilled...

In a recent case the claimant said “I’m done” and walked out of the building. She later submitted a sick note. Her employer treated her statement as a resignation. She brought a claim of unfair dismissal. The tribunal held that she had not resigned and found in her...

This new act, will allow for the extension of existing redundancy protections while on maternity, adoption or shared parental leave to also cover pregnancy and a period of time after a new parent has returned to work. By extending protection after a protected period...