EHRC Templates

Alongside their updated technical guidance on sexual harassment and 8-step guide for employers, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published templates to help employers with compliance with the new positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in the...

Pre-Termination Negotiations

In the recent case of Gallagher v McKinnon Auto and Tyres, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the original tribunal’s decision that pre-termination negotiations between the Claimant and the Respondent were inadmissible in his unfair dismissal claim. Under...

National Minimum Wage Increase for 2025

The UK’s tax burden may never have been higher, and we are going to let your accountants and other advisers update you about the finer details of what the first ever female Chancellor of the Exchequer has just revealed, but we do want to inform you about the...

Flexible Working Changes

The part of the recently published Employment Rights Bill dealing with flexible working is actually a bit of a damp squib. While the government has made bold claims about making flexible working the “default” unless an employer can prove otherwise, the changes are in...

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

New legislation has been passed to introduce a duty for all employers to take “reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment of employees in the course of their employment and the new duty comes into effect on 26 October 2024. So, what exactly are...