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PAYBACK TIME
Recent events have brought the BBC into the spotlight for its handling of internal employment issues. The BBC's request for Huw Edwards to repay more than £200,000 of his salary following his confession to sexual misconduct charges…
THE LINE BETWEEN 'BANTER & 'HARASSMENT'
I recently came across several media stories about the case of Bratt v JGQC Solicitors, a case concerning legal secretary Megan Bratt, and her claims that she had been sexually…
LABOUR'S FIRST KING'S SPEECH
The greatest change in a generation is how Casper Glyn KC described the proposed legislation set out by the Labour Government in their first King’s Speech. Whilst all the changes announced were…
THE CO-OP'S LANDMARK SOCIOECONOMIC PAY GAP REPORT
Following the introduction of the Gender Pay Gap Report requirements, and expectations that the new Labour Government will introduce similar…
NO END TO TRANSGENDER RELATED CLAIMS IN SIGHT
The debate over “gender critical” views in the workplace continues to produce employment tribunal claims as more high-profile judgments continue to be…
LESS TIME IN WORK = MORE VALUE FOR MONEY?
Is a 4 day working week closer following South Cambridgeshire Council’s successful trial? Imagine having a three-day weekend every week. Sounds pretty amazing, right…
BALLOT BOX BLUES
As many wake up to the news of Labour’s landslide general election victory, whatever your political allegiance, you may wonder what happens to the 11 Cabinet Ministers and many hundreds of other Members of the UK Parliament (MPs) who…
POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS
Election day is upon us! Which means political discussions in the workplace are likely...This is of course no bad thing, unless those discussions lead to an intentional or (more likely) unintentional act of harassment and…
HUGE BUMP IN THE ROAD FOR 52 STREET EVENTS
If there were a prize for the ‘Best Example of How Not to Treat a Pregnant Worker’ award, it would potentially go to Mr Shaun Collins and 52 Street Events…
LABOUR'S FAIR WORK AGENCY
Off the back of the publication of Labour’s plans to “Make Work Pay”, Deputy Leader and Shadow Minister for Future Work, Angela Raynor has given further details to…
TRIBUNAL DELIVERS SECOND CLASS JUDGMENT
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently ruled - in Bugden v Royal Mail Group Ltd – that the Employment Tribunal had failed to…
"MUST WATCH" EVENTS DURING THE 9 TO 5?
The Summer of 2024: “Must watch” events during the 9-5?
Euro 2024 has already been packed with major day-time events, and that is only going to increase over the next…
WELCOME SAM BUTLER
I began my legal career at the international law firm, DLA Piper, and was fortunate to work on large global deals as well as national and high profile litigation. I then spent 12 months in-house with…
A ROUGH RECEPTION
Law firm receptionist loses disability discrimination claim earlier this month, Croydon Employment Tribunal (ET) handed down its reasoning in a case concerning Kent-based law…
A DEAL OR NO DEAL?
On 24 May 2024, Labour published its updated ‘New Deal for Working People’ to mixed reception. Even the Unions were split: whilst UNISON welcomed the proposals, Unite described it as having…
A GOVERNMENT PAY TRANSPARENCY PILOT ABANDONED
The government has confirmed it will no longer be piloting a Pay Transparency scheme, aimed at reducing pay inequality…
MOVING MORE FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH
The theme of this year's Mental Health Week was ‘Moving more for our mental health’ - so here's the Horsfield Menzies Team chasing those feel-good endorphins…
WORKPLACE ABSENCE - SUNAK IS 'SICK OF IT'
The use of fit notes has hit the headlines recently as a result of Government issuing a ‘call for evidence’ on the reform of fit notes and our current Prime Minister…
1000 MATTERS!
Congratulations to Matthew Brawn who is our 1000th matter. To mark this milestone we've donated to a charity of Matthew's choosing! Here's to the next 1000!