Coming in to force on 26th October 2024, The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 makes changes to the legal landscape regarding sexual harassment in the workplace. These amendments will establish a new responsibility for employers, large or small. Sexual harassment occurs when a worker is subjected to unwanted conduct which is [...]

In recent news, a man legally changed his Will by text message just hours before his death and his family, who would have inherited under the terms of his original Will, contested this. The High Court has ruled the SMS message expressing his dying wishes for his estate was in fact legally binding. This was [...]

The Renters Reform Bill was first introduced by the now-ousted Conservative Government and aimed to improve the rental housing market by abolishing a landlords right to serve a no fault eviction notice, known as a section 21 notice. The new Labour government has confirmed during the King’s Speech that it will introduce a new version [...]

The title of this blog is more than likely to provoke a groan from many employers who have been grappling with recent case law that has been changing the way holiday is accrued, calculated, and paid. It started with Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd, continued with Bear Scotland Ltd v. Fulton and more recently [...]

On 6th April 2024, new legislation is coming into force that will affect employees rights to time off in relation to paternity leave and to take carers leave to provide or arrange care for a dependant with a long term care need. In addition to this, flexible working rights are changing. For more information, please [...]

The 18th - 24th March 2024 marks Neurodiversity Celebration Week. To tie in with this, we have produced a factsheet titled ‘Neurodiversity in the Workplace’ that covers common issues that can arise with neurodiverse employees and how an employer can best support the employee involved. If any further information is required, our legal advisors would be [...]

The Office For National Statistics reports that an estimated 185.6 million working days were lost because of sickness or injury during 2022 in the UK. This equals 5.7 days per worker. Whilst the impact of absenteeism for employer and employee alike is well documented, the burden of lost productivity, missed deadlines, reduced salary and work [...]

For some time now, employees have had an ability to request from their employer changes to their working arrangements allowing them greater flexibility regarding how, when and from where they work. These rights are due to change in Spring 2024 after the Government’s bill The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 (‘the Act’) received Royal Assent. The [...]

We often receive calls to the helpline about bullying and harassment in the workplace. The terms bullying and harassment are often spoken about, but what do they mean? There is no legal definition of bullying, but it is referred to in ACAS guidance as ‘unwanted behaviour from a person that is offensive, intimidating, malicious or [...]

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of dogs joining their owners in the workplace. We now have five dogs which regularly come to work with their owners, and all have agreed to pose for this photograph and have contributed to this article. The presence of dogs in the workplace [...]