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  • 07 March 2025
  • Employment

International Women’s Day 2025: A Call to Action for Employers to Champion Gender Equality in the Workplace

As we mark International Women’s Day 2025, it’s essential to reflect on the current state of gender equality in the workplace and the role employers can play in driving change.
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  • 06 March 2025
  • Employment

Government tables key amendments to the Employment Rights Bill

The Government has proposed a series of significant amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, which will be considered in Parliament.
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  • 05 March 2025
  • Employment

Are older workers being failed by discrimination laws?

We have seen a lot of disparities between younger and older people, particularly relating to working arrangements and the “digital age”, and the perception of older people during the national response to COVID-19.

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  • 25 February 2025
  • Employment

Carnival PLC v Hunter – Understanding maternity leave protections during redundancy

In the recent case of Carnival PLC v. Hunter, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) explained the position regarding offering suitable alternative roles for employees on maternity leave who face redundancy.
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  • 20 February 2025
  • Employment

Talking Employment Law: Asda workers a step closer to a £1.2 billion equal pay claim

In the latest podcast of the ‘Talking Employment Law’ series, Louise Keenan and Shauna Jones, members of the employment team at Clarkslegal, will discuss the recent Asda equal pay decision, which has been attracting a lot of attention.
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  • 19 February 2025
  • Employment

Employee objects to transfer – that’s good news isn’t it?

It’s common knowledge in TUPE circles that if an employee generally objects to a transfer their employment terminates by law on the transfer date.  It’s not treated as a dismissal.
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  • 17 February 2025
  • Employment

Asda a step closer to equal pay ruling

The Employment Tribunal in Brierley and others v Asda Stores Ltd has ruled that the majority of claimants working in retail roles in Asda supermarkets were doing work of equal value to their counterparts working in distribution centres.
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  • 14 February 2025
  • Employment

How to manage romance in the workplace

We spend most of our time at work, whether that be in the workplace or remotely via teams or slack. With all this time to chat and get to know colleagues, it comes as no surprise that romance has become commonplace in the modern workplace.
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  • 12 February 2025
  • Employment

Balancing the Equality Act: Lessons from Higgs v Farmor’s School

The Court of Appeal have today issued a judgment in the Kristie Higgs v Farmor’s School case, in which it has ruled that the actions of the school in dismissing Ms Higgs for expressing LGBT+ critical posts on her personal Facebook account, was unlawful discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief.
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