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Talking Employment Law: The Employment Rights Bill – Part 4

07 October 2025

In part four of the Employment Rights Bill podcast in the ‘Talking Employment Law’ series, Amanda Glover and Shauna Jones, will discuss the key changes the Employment Rights Bill will bring to industrial relations and trade union rights.

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08 November 2019
Employment

How employers should manage workplace romances

It is reported that over 50% of people have engaged in a workplace romance at some time in their career. Following the rise of the #MeToo movement it is fundamental that employers are aware of how to manage romantic relationships between colleagues and that training is provided to ensure compliance with workplace policies.The Chief Executive (“CE”) of McDonalds has this week been fired following a romantic relationship with a fellow employee. Despite the fact that the fast food giant acknowledged that the relationship was consensual, the CE was dismissed as he had violated company policy by engaging in the...

08 November 2019
Employment

Capita not liable to compensate for employee’s racist comments

Employers can be held legally responsible (vicariously liable) for the discriminatory actions of their employees which have taken place in the course of employment. To avoid being held liable, an employer would have to show that it took all reasonable steps to prevent the discriminatory actions from occurring. This is exactly what Capita managed to do in a recent racial harassment case, brought against both Capita and one of Capita’s operations managers.

30 October 2019
Employment

Covert recording of employees: No breach of human rights

In López Ribalda and others v Spain, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that it was not a breach of Article 6 (right to a fair trial) or Article 8 (right to respect for a private life) of the European Convention on Human Rights, to covertly record employees as part of an investigation into suspected theft and for the recording to be used at trial.

30 October 2019
Immigration

Top tips for judicial review

Judicial review is an important remedy and is used to challenged decisions made by public bodies, or those made on their behalf. In immigration cases, it can be used to challenge decisions which do not provide a statutory right of appeal.

29 October 2019
Immigration

Let’s break it down: Euro Temporary Leave to Remain (Euro TLR)

The government released its Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules on 24 October 2019 and finally shed some light on the ambiguous Euro Temporary Leave to Remain (Euro TLR). The following are key features of the new Scheme:

25 October 2019
Immigration

Briefing paper on UK’s future immigration system published

The House of Common’s library has published a briefing on UK’s future immigration system. The paper gives an overview of why the immigration system is changing, and what changes to expect.