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Proposed changes to the Act to improve protection against sexual harassment have been redrafted so that third party protection is no longer covered …

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Economy actually well into a recession …

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Since July 2021 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has received 81 complaints about bullying, physical aggression and harassment in financial service companies, plus another 40 about sexual misconduct and 12 concerning “social misbehaviour” …

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Employees from this leading insurance firm can now obtain preferential terms for the lease of electric and plug-in hybrid cars, with the leasing cost drawn each month from their gross salary through payroll …

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The major high street retailer, Marks and Spencer, will provide up to 12 weeks’ fully paid leave to any UK staff member whose baby requires specialist neonatal care …

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From September, staff working outside the M25 motorway zone around London will enjoy an hourly pay increase from £11 …

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This sustainable building materials and construction solutions business is now providing free female sanitary items (packaged in biodegradable material) to its staff and visitors to all of its UK sites …

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Later this year Amazon shall be introducing term-time working as an option for warehouse staff who are parents or grandparents …

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During March to May 2023, growth in employees’ average total pay (including bonuses) was 6 …

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A recent parliamentary motion has put forwards the prospect that bullying could be placed on a par with other forms of harassment, except that there would be no need for the conduct to be linked to any protected characteristics …

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The Employment Appeals Tribunal has found that under the Equality Act (2010) an individual who had been the subject of disparaging and bullying remarks due to their suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome retained the right to claim harassment at a later stage when they were made aware of the remarks by colleagues …

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A High Court judge has declared that the UK Government acted “unlawfully and irrationally” when it implemented regulations allowing businesses to supply employers with agency workers to fill in for those on strike …

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Effective from the beginning of 2025, this Agreement will replace the interim arrangements on the recognition of professional qualifications (RPQ) between the UK and Switzerland which were established prior to the UK’s departure from the European Union …

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Any vessel operating into a UK port for at least 120 times a year must now pay at least the UK statutory minimum wage …

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The Bank of England’s decision last month to raise the base interest rate by half a percent to 5% was seen in the ‘City’ as an indication of panic setting in due to the stubborn nature of consumer prices – which levelled out over the year to May by registering 8 …

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