ESG: five reasons employers play a key role
ESG (environmental, social and governance) is a drum that everyone is now rightly beating. With COP26, sewage leaks and climate change ever-present in news headlines, we could be forgiven for thinking...
View ArticleReminder of the role of the EAT in the context of justifying a fixed...
The recent EAT case of Pitcher v Chancellor Masters And Scholars Of The University of Oxford (EA-2019-000638-RN; EA-2020-000128-RN) provides interesting commentary on two important issues for...
View ArticleRight to disconnect: should it happen in the UK?
Working from home has taken centre stage over the last two years. In many industry sectors, it has been necessitated by the pandemic and the restrictions on interaction and travel. It has also evolved...
View ArticleAnti-vex: shutting down a serial vexatious litigant
Vexatious claims hit the headlines last year after one claimant who was hit with a costs order for bringing yet another claim of discrimination against an unsuspecting employer went on to succeed in...
View ArticleNeurodiversity and Workplace Policies
POLONIUS: What do you read, my lord? HAMLET: Words, words, words. (Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2) Neurodiversity Celebration Week took place between 21 and 27 March. The following week was Autism...
View ArticleDivergence or uniformity? Employment law and procedure across the legal systems
As an employment lawyer mainly practising in Scotland who is originally from Northern Ireland, I take a keen interest in how the procedure and the law differs across the legal systems of the UK and how...
View ArticleEmployment law and the cost of living crisis
There is no denying that the UK is submerged in a cost of living crisis, with Shelter reporting an increase of 45% (since April 2022) in renters being behind with, or consistently struggling to pay,...
View ArticleSex and gender identity: managing conflicting views
There has been a significant shift in individual and societal openness around sex and gender identity in recent years. The debate is complex and inevitably there are a range of views and opinions on...
View ArticleWhistleblowing, what’s the direction of travel? Why and how the law should be...
Protect, the UK whistleblowing charity established to promote ethical standards of conduct and compliance with the law, will be 30 years old next year – and the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998...
View ArticleSun sets on the Practical Law Employment and discrimination blog
We are no longer publishing new items on this blog. Instead, we now publish videos covering similar issues on Practical Law, see Practical Law Employment, Video and audio.
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