Under the Equality Act 2010, an employee can bring a claim of direct disability discrimination if they have been treated less favourably...

Under the Employment Rights Act 1996, employees who want to work flexibly have the right to ask their employer for a change to their...

During 2021, in response to the unprecedented pressures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, HMRC took several steps to make life easier for...

Storms, frost & snow will bring with them the usual travel problems - employees may find it harder to get to work & staff absences will...

With the recent dramatic increase in cases of the Omicron variant, concern has been growing about what will happen when employees fall...

As you will doubtless be aware, following a vote in the Commons, England is now moving to ‘Plan B’. This is in response to the appearance...

Winter weather brings with it a whole range of safety problems for employers, and it’s not just about employees who work outdoors. Even...

Do you recognise a trade union for the purposes of collective bargaining? An ongoing case, now finally ruled on by the Supreme Court has...

At what point does the law consider an employee with cancer to be disabled? If you answered, “at the point of diagnosis”, a recent...

You can’t do much about the weather this winter, but you can ensure that you take the necessary steps to protect against the effects on...

On 10th November 2021, the highly anticipated judgment of the UK Supreme Court in the Lloyd v Google case was handed down. The news was...

For many employers in 2020, Christmas parties were another casualty of the pandemic. They either hosted a remote party via Zoom or Teams,...

The right of appeal during the dismissal process is one that is widely acknowledged; in fact, ACAS, in its Code of Practice on...

On 30th September 2021, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) came to an end. The scheme, more popularly known as furlough, had...

The past 18 months have been tough on businesses; for some of them, it’s now enough to open their doors again and hope that they can...

Bullying is not, unfortunately, something that ends at the school gates. It can carry on well into adult life. Since you have a duty of...

Press Release: Hull, 30 September 2021 rradar, the leading UK litigation and commercial law firm which specialises in digital and...

It will come as no surprise that occupational stress is now a major issue for both managers, employees and HR professionals, particularly...

According to government statistics for 2019/2020, it’s estimated that there were 828,000 cases of work-related stress, depression or...

Some stress is good for us but if it gets too much, it can really affect our work and family life as well as our physical health. If your...