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People power: getting the right people on board
Posted: 19/03/2025
Hiring staff is likely to be one of the first steps an early-stage company takes when it starts to scale-up. Many early-stage companies rely on their founders to launch their business, often without written terms in place. However, as workloads increase and you look for investment, employing more staff is likely to be high up the agenda......>>
Neurodiversity in the workplace: Acas issues advice for employers
Posted: 19/03/2025
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, and following a previous update on neuroinclusion in the workplace, this article considers the advice to employers recently published by Acas, setting out steps they can take to create inclusive organisations and raise awareness of neurodiversity. Neurodiversity is an umbrella term used to describe a range......>>
Government publishes amendments to Employment Rights Bill
Posted: 17/03/2025
March is proving to be a busy month for those with an interest in employment law. This month saw the government publish five responses to consultations on various aspects of the Employment Law Bill, before putting forward some 200 pages of amendments to the bill, which has its third reading in the House of Commons this week......>>
TUPE in Digital Transformation – Employment Law Considerations
Posted: 13/03/2025
Digital transformation often leads to outsourcing and operational changes, which can trigger significant employment law implications under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE). In this episode, Gemma Woodhouse and Joanne Vengadesan examine how TUPE applies when staff are reassigned due to changes in service providers, particularly in industries like helpdesk support and IT operations......>>
Disability discrimination – what is a disability?
Posted: 05/03/2025
The question of ‘what is a disability?’ is often contested in Employment Tribunal (ET) claims, and has recently been examined by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of Mrs Alcian Roofe-Stewart v MacIntyre Care. In this case the EAT considered whether the ET had properly taken into account the application of the Equality Act......>>
Tackling disability discrimination in the workplace
Posted: 25/02/2025
The Labour Party’s ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’, published in May 2024, confirmed its commitment to tackling inequalities for disabled people in the workplace, promising the introduction of mandatory disability (and ethnicity) pay gap reporting. The party manifesto, published in advance of the general election, further promised to improve access......>>
Court of Appeal rules on expression of personal beliefs in a professional setting
Posted: 19/02/2025
The recent ruling by the Court of Appeal (CA) in the case of Mrs Kristie Higgs, a pastoral administrator and work experience manager at Farmor’s School, highlights the challenges faced when expressing personal beliefs in a professional setting. Mrs Higgs faced dismissal following complaints about her Facebook posts. The posts were......>>
The end of hybrid working?
Posted: 10/02/2025
For many, one of the very few silver linings to come from the Covid-19 pandemic was the increased flexibility to work remotely. By cutting out the commute, many employees suddenly found they had a few extra hours to spend on work, family, personal responsibilities or downtime, and were one step closer to that often elusive ‘work-life balance’......>>
‘Do I really need to take this employee back?’ – the question of reinstatement and re-engagement
Posted: 24/01/2025
One concern for employers facing unfair dismissal claims is the risk of the Employment Tribunal (ET) ordering reinstatement (which requires the employer to treat the employee in all respects as if they have never been dismissed) or re-engagement (which requires the employer to re-engage the employee in comparable or other suitable......>>
Workers who have taken industrial action are covered by protection against blacklisting
Posted: 23/01/2025
A recent ruling by the Court of Appeal (CA) has confirmed that workers who have participated in official industrial action are covered by the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010. Under the regulations, it is unlawful to compile or use a list of persons who have taken part in ‘activities of trade unions’ with a view to using such......>>

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