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Employment Rights Bill: the latest amendments
On Monday 7 July, the government introduced 64 pages of amendments to the ERB, including (most significantly) a whole new provision on...
Jul 11, 2025


Duty to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace: the end of the staff social? Eleanor Rogers writes in Solicitors Journal
Seven months on from the introduction of a new positive duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, Senior...
Jun 30, 2025


The ERB - an update
On 18 June 2025, the House of Lords is considering the Employment Rights Bill, in the last of 10 Committee Stage readings of the Bill. ...
Jun 18, 2025


Return-to-office mandates and the law of unintended consequences
New research from King’s College London about working life in the UK has found that less than half the people surveyed would comply with a full time return-to-office mandate, with almost 10% stating that this would compel them to leave their job. Working patterns borne of necessity during the Covid pandemic are, it seems, very hard to shift. As companies across the UK roll out return-to-office mandates, every week seems to bring new edicts from the UK’s big employers desperat
Jun 9, 2025


Manager who accidentally exposed himself during a virtual meeting loses his case for unfair dismissal. Alan Lewis comments on the case in People Management
A man working as a digital production manager for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme has lost his claim for unfair dismissal and...
May 28, 2025


Employment Tribunal awards £360,000 to black security manager called "slave" by white colleague. Alan Lewis comments in People Management
A black security manager was awarded over £360,000 after a London employment tribunal upheld claims of victimisation and constructive...
May 21, 2025


The gender pay gap persists in the real estate industry: Ellie Rogers comments in Property Week
Research done by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has highlighted the persisting gender pay gap in the real estate...
May 20, 2025


"Bad news" for the construction industry: Managing Partner, John Hayes, comments in Construction News on the government's immigration White Paper
The government's White Paper on immigration, released on 12 May will have an "adverse effect on the construction industry", Constantine...
May 14, 2025


Peloton employee wins discrimination case at Employment Tribunal. Alan Lewis comments in People Management
The fitness company, Peloton, has recently been found liable for disability discrimination in relation to an employee who suffered with...
May 9, 2025
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