Legal pitfalls of a toxic workplace environment and the steps HR should take to avoid them
The Employment Rights Act 2025 represents the most sweeping overhaul of UK employment legislation in a generation. Its implications are wide-ranging, touching businesses of every size — from early-stage SMEs to established corporations — and placing considerably greater obligations on employers when it comes to managing and preventing toxic workplace culture. Toxicity in the workplace is rarely […]
Where does workplace liability start and end?
By Stuart Snape, Partner at Graham Coffey & Co. Solicitors Workplace health and safety law operates on a principle that appears straightforward: employers must take reasonable steps to protect employees and others affected by their operations. In practice, the boundaries of this responsibility are far less clear. Modern work environments involve shared premises, remote roles, outsourced […]
Employment Tribunals: A solicitor’s guide for employers
Lisa Branker, Head of Employment and HR at employment law specialists Beecham Peacock Solicitors, offers her expert advice on preparing and dealing with an employment tribunal… Employment tribunals can be long, costly, stressful and risk damaging the reputation of both employee and employer when workplace relations turn sour. This is made even more concerning by the news […]
Warning to accommodate neurodiverse employees
Companies must make reasonable adjustments to accommodate neurodiverse employees or risk being taken to a tribunal and ordered to pay compensation, an employment lawyer has warned. Lucy Williams, an Associate in the Employment team at West Midlands firm Higgs LLP, said compensation can exceed £56,200 in the most serious discrimination cases under new Presidential Guidance […]
Flexible working measures: a necessary step in ensuring a diverse and productive workforce
The UK government recently set out new measures to promote flexible working. Employees may soon have the right to ask for part-time working hours or home working arrangements from the very first day of a new job. Sarah King, a Partner and specialist employment lawyer at Excello Law, explores the implications for employers… Currently, workers […]
Holiday Pay: How the Supreme Court’s recent verdict made monumental changes
By Sarah Bunker, Senior Solicitor at esphr The Supreme Court’s long-awaited ruling in the Harpur Trust v Brazel case involving holiday pay has recently been made public. Whilst the ruling is clear, the implications are not. There is no guidance from the courts on calculating holiday pay for permanent employees who only work part of […]
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Do you need an Employment Law partner? The HR Summits Recommended Supplier Directory can help!
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Guest Blog, Emilie Bennetts: Conducting a fair dismissal – what do I need to know?
Sometimes dismissing employees is necessary and it’s important to get dismissals right. All employees with at least two years’ continuous service have the right not to be unfairly dismissed. For dismissals deemed to be automatically unfair, the employee generally won’t need to have two years’ continuous service behind them – they are protected from the […]