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Mark Kaye rounds up recent case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers ‘The employment tribunal dismissed the claim because the comments made to Mr Evans were very much part of the office culture, in which teasing was prevalent.’ Harassment or ‘banter’ – where to draw the line Section 26 of the Equality Act …
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Stefan Martin and Jo Broadbent outline the key developments that employers and their advisers should prepare for in the next 12 months ‘Several important cases are expected to reach the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in the coming months, and we expect the government’s response to the Women and Equalities Committee’s Sexual harassment in …
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Shah Qureshi and Natalie Taylor discuss how employers can use non-disclosure agreements to settle workplace disputes while avoiding unethical behaviour ‘Settlement agreements with confidentiality clauses enable employers to keep the issues “in house” and to investigate the allegations fairly without any public pressure.’ In the wake of the recent sexual harassment allegations which have been …
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Christopher Fisher and Jennifer Watts assess the impact of the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Timis v Osipov and examine what employers should do now ‘It is clear that, in whistleblower dismissal cases, claimants will be well advised to plead their claims against both the employer and any individual employee responsible for a dismissal decision …
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Mirit Ehrenstein and Cara Hegarty explain how executive pay disclosure will work and what affected businesses need to do now to comply ‘One of the concerns about pay ratio disclosure is that it may not reflect reality and will lead to unfair comparisons between companies in different sectors and of different sizes.’ The government has …
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Kirsti Laird and Connie Holden give advice on some of the most difficult issues that employers have been facing since the GDPR came into effect last May ‘The clear direction from both the legislature and the courts is that, rather than being incidental, personal data protection is a core element of the operation of any …
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In the second part of our series, Diane Nicol and Lesley Finlayson look at how to refresh an organisation’s disciplinary procedure in light of recent case law ‘While the Acas code is not legally binding, employment tribunals are obliged to take any provisions relevant to the case into account in their decision-making.’ Disciplinary procedures often …
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David Cummings examines the government’s proposals for mandatory reporting of an organisation’s ethnicity pay gap ‘As the government recognises in its consultation paper, pay disparities between ethnic groups are the consequence of a complicated and overlapping set of drivers.’ Last month, the government kicked off its consultation on proposed mandatory ethnicity pay reporting for employers …
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Employers face challenging decisions about how to treat contractors for tax purposes under HMRC reforms. They could even face claims that those individuals are entitled to employment rights, warns Mark Leach ‘There has been little interest among employing organisations in the taxation obligations of IR35. This is because the onus has traditionally been on the …
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In the first part of a new series on how to write or refresh employment policies, Clare Davis looks at what to include in a staff handbook and how to avoid problems when making changes ‘Key policies for any organisation to include, regardless of size, would be equal opportunities and disciplinary and grievance procedures.’ A …
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