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  • Employment
  • 15 November 2018

Diversity: it’s fundamental to business success

Embracing diversity enhances business resilience – and the UK can lead the way, says Clarkslegal’s Monica Atwal
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  • Employment
  • 08 November 2018

Key Parental Bereavement Questions

The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Act, which received Royal Assent earlier this year, is expected to come into force in 2020. The Act introduces a new statutory right to time off work for employed parents following the loss of a child, enabling the parent to grieve and easing recovery.

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  • Employment
  • 26 October 2018

Whistleblowing detriment: Personal liability for individual decision makers

In Timis v Osipov, the Court of Appeal held that two directors were personally liable for detrimental treatment following protected disclosures even where the detriment in question amounted to a dismissal. The claimant was dismissed by International Petroleum Limited (IPL) after making a number of protected disclosures on issues relating to poor corporate governance.
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  • Employment
  • 18 October 2018

Office romances: should entrepreneurs care what happens?

Whether you’re tempted to have a romantic liaison with a new attractive employee or catch your staff sneaking around, you must know how to avoid affairs wrecking your business.Despite the ubiquity of dating apps like Tinder and Bumble, nothing is more thrilling than an office romance.
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  • Employment
  • 14 September 2018

Updates to the ACAS guidance for job references

Almost every job application in the modern world will ask for a reference to accompany an application. It is an important tool to establish whether a candidate is suitable for the role they are applying for.

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  • Employment
  • 07 September 2018

Constructive Dismissal: Breach of contract

In a recent High Court decision, the Court reaffirmed some important considerations when dealing with alleged breach of contract by an employer.

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  • Employment
  • 19 June 2018

Will HR be Human or Hybrid?

As huge numbers of employees face displacement by technology over the coming decade, nearly half all jobs in manufacturing according to some, what is the HR agenda to mitigate the human cost of this technological revolution?
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  • Employment
  • 16 March 2018

Head teacher’s failure to disclose relationship was gross misconduct

The Court, found that a head teacher's failure to disclose her relationship with a convicted man of having indecent images of children justified her dismissal.
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  • Employment
  • 08 February 2018

A snapshot of theSex DiscriminationReview

The Fawcett Society recently published its analysis of the efficacy of sex discrimination law in the UK (“the Report”). Whilst acknowledging the efforts made in this area to date, the Report goes on to identify a number of areas in which significant reform is still required. We identify the points likely to be of most interest to employers below.

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