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  • 10 October 2022
  • Litigation and dispute resolution

Increasing the use of mediation in the civil justice system

The headlines are currently dominated by strikes across a range of sectors. We are seeing post workers, refuge workers, barristers and train workers striking across the country.

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  • 07 October 2022
  • Employment

Back to the future  – is industrial relations making a comeback?

The headlines are currently dominated by strikes across a range of sectors. We are seeing post workers, refuge workers, barristers and train workers striking across the country.

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  • 06 October 2022
  • Employment

How PM’s plans to cut red tape might affect employers 

As part of a package of reforms aimed at ‘boosting productivity’ and ‘supercharging growth’, Prime Minister Liz Truss, has announced plans to remove reporting obligations such as gender pay gap reporting and regulations on workers’ rights from all businesses who employ less than 500 employees.
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  • 28 September 2022
  • Employment

‘The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill’ and future employment rights  

Since the implementation of Brexit, we were wondering whether to expect a diversion from EU employment laws and regulations at some point, but no timetable had previously been announced for reform.

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  • 27 September 2022
  • Employment

The Metaverse: Employment law implications 

How will employment play out in the Metaverse? Will employees be bound by the same rules? Will employers be subject to the same employment laws? How will harassment be dealt with? Is bullying in the Metaverse going to be an issue for employers to deal with?

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  • 23 September 2022
  • Employment

Mini budget, big reforms

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini budget’ was announced today and is anything but ‘mini’ in terms of its potential impact on employment law.  He has proposed a number of important and extensive changes affecting all employers and workers. 
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  • 22 September 2022
  • Employment

Supporting staff through the menopause  

The menopause is a natural part of ageing which affects most women and also trans and non-binary people who may not identify as women. 
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  • 20 September 2022
  • Privacy and Data Protection

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill  

In September 2021, the government launched a consultation – ‘Data: a new direction’ – as part of its proposals to reform the UK’s data protection laws following Brexit, the responses to which were published in June this year.
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  • 16 September 2022
  • Employment

Updated ACAS guidance: Suspension and mental health

ACAS have updated their guidance on the practice of suspending an employee during investigations at work.
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  • 14 September 2022
  • Employment

‘Quiet Quitting’ and ‘Loud Quitting’: Time to reset working practices?

The controversial practice of ‘quiet quitting’ in the workplace hit the headlines last year, with ‘loud quitting’ being the latest trend, but what do these mean, and will they have long-lasting effects?
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  • 13 September 2022
  • Employment

Coping with bereavement in the workplace

The UK is currently in a period of national mourning following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September. It is due to come to an end on 19 September, when the Queen is laid to rest at a state funeral.
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  • 13 September 2022
  • Public Procurement

Procurement Challenge – we should have won

There is little more disheartening for a bid writer or other procurement specialist, after investing time and energy into preparing the best possible bid to win a public contract, than receiving a letter politely explaining that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion but hoping that you will, all the same, bid for future contracts when the opportunity arises.
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