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The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, confirmed that the Scottish Government will encourage employers to consider hybrid working, and that a phased return to office working should commence from Monday 31st January 2022.  Ms Sturgeon warned … Read more

In August 2021, Autonomy thinktank presented a research paper revealing that the Covid-19 Pandemic had led to an ‘epidemic of hidden overtime’, negatively effecting workers’ mental health, and disproportionately impacting working women. The paper proposed … Read more

Figures published by the Insolvency Service have shown a continuing decline in the number of notified collective redundancies (when an employer proposes to dismiss 20 or more employees on grounds of redundancy within a period … Read more

On 5 August 2021, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a list of 191 employers who had breached the national minimum wage legislation by underpaying their staff. The list identified a … Read more

A researcher who lost her job in 2019 after Tweeting that ‘male people are not women’ has won her appeal in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The appeal took place on 27th and 28th April, in … Read more

Perhaps, now more than ever, mental wellbeing is of a paramount concern in our daily lives, as we ease out of another lockdown.  The culture in regard to mental health awareness has changed dramatically over … Read more

The report, published today, estimates that dealing with workplace conflict costs UK employers an equivalent of just over £1,000 for every employee. This is based on and includes the cost to employers in handling formal … Read more

As we reach the light at the end of the tunnel in relation to the pandemic we reflect that “furlough” was a word rarely heard or utilised pre March 2020, now firmly a staple of … Read more

There are increasing questions arising in relation to whether an employer can require its employee to receive the Covid-19 vaccination, or whether there would be any ability to discipline or dismiss them for a refusal … Read more

This morning’s ruling from the Supreme Court in the case of Uber v Aslam unanimously rejects Uber’s appeal against earlier decisions that its drivers should be treated as workers and not self-employed contractors. This is … Read more