An employee’s failure to fully complete every step of an internal grievance process will not impact their right to claim constructive dismissal, according to the recent ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) involving a local authority. Sharmin Chowdhury analyses the judgment.

To what extent can employers appoint or promote someone because they have a protected characteristic that is under-represented in their organisation? Jo Moseley analyses a recent Employment Tribunal ruling involving a police force.

Leon Glenister reports on a successful defence to a judicial review challenging the established interpretation of teaching regulation legislation.

Hanna Davies looks at the Labour Government’s plans for overhauling employment law.

Gareth Edwards recently reported on the upcoming new mandatory duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, which is due to come into force on 26 October 2024. In this follow-up piece, he discusses how the new sexual harassment law highlights the strategic value of maintaining a positive workplace culture.

David Leach talks through the new worker protection amendment of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to preventing sexual harrasment in the workplace.

From 26 October 2024, employers will be under a new legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent the sexual harassment of staff at work. Gareth Edwards takes a closer look at the background of the new law and what it will mean in practice.

The King’s Speech on Wednesday, 17 July, launched the plans for the new Labour Government. Whilst there is quite a lot of information to unpack in the government’s plans, David Leach lifts the lid on what to expect from an employment law perspective.

LLG, CIPFA and SOLACE have this week published the Code of Practice on Good Governance for Local Authority Statutory Officers. Philip McCourt explains its purpose.

Laura Hayward looks at the challenges faced by employers and recruitment agencies in managing situations where employees try to work more than one full-time job concurrently.

Mispronouncing someone’s name can have significant implications, as shown by a recent Tribunal ruling, writes Sarah Harnett.

With the rules on Flexible Working having changed on 6 April 2024, the remote vs office-based working debate which has been the subject of several workplace disputes and tribunal claims since the Covid-19 pandemic shows no sign of abating. It is therefore important that employers are familiar with the changes having come into force to ensure compliance with any future requests, writes David Leach.

Angela Ferguson covers IR35 legisislation and runs viewers through recent employment law changes.

Jenny Arrowsmith and Jake Marshall set out ten lessons from the tribunals when it comes to the conduct of workplace investigations.

David Leach and Madina Sakhi review the key employment cases so far this year and highlight future developments likely to be of interest to employers.

Nigel Pitchford looks at the lessons for workplace resolution from a timely review of local authority cases before the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

The Government has recently passed new legislation to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 is due to come into force on 26 October 2024. Nicole Natur takes a closer look at the Act and how it will impact employers, as well as the steps that should be taken in order to prepare for the change.

Do you have to excuse poor behaviour from an employee with a mental health problem? That was the issue the tribunal had to decide in a recent case, reports Jo Moseley.

David Leach discusses Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment rights.

Rebecca Denvers considers what employers can learn from a case which found that anti-Zionist beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010.