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Latest items in Commentary and insights

  • On your radar

    Date:
    9 June 2025

    Updated to include information about common annual leave myths.

  • Mythbusting: Constructive dismissal claims

    Date:
    27 May 2025

    Constructive dismissal claims are commonly misunderstood and misrepresented, as typified by the headlines attracted by two recent employment tribunal judgments. Stephen Simpson indulges in a little mythbusting.

  • Mind the gap: How are countries implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive?

    Date:
    21 May 2025

    All EU member states have until 7 June 2026 to transpose the provisions of the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law. With new rules on reporting, affected employers will be required to submit gender pay gap reports by 6 June 2027, based on 2026 data. With the clock ticking, employers operating in the EU need to take decisive action and prepare for the new rules.

  • Employment Rights Bill essentials: Managing zero hours workers

    Date:
    15 May 2025

    The policy intent behind the measures relating to zero and low hours workers in the Employment Rights Bill is to end one-sided flexibility and "exploitative zero hours contracts". This does not mean that there will be an outright ban on such contracts. What it does mean is that there will now be a legislative framework, the intention behind which is to deliver a better level of predictability and security for workers. Barrister and mediator Alison Frazer looks at the practical implications for HR.

  • The definition of a woman: The legal meaning and practical implications of the Supreme Court ruling

    Date:
    1 May 2025

    Headlines were made - and both celebrations and protests were staged - when the Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex. Darren Newman explains the legal background and explores some of the practical implications for organisations.

  • Supreme Court ruling and EHRC latest: How should HR respond?

    Date:
    1 May 2025

    Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman, according to the Equality Act 2010, is based on biological sex.

  • Rethinking what leadership looks like - and how HR can help

    Date:
    25 April 2025

    Should managers always have all the answers? Of course not. But many still feel like they should - and that expectation can hold them back from having the kind of open, honest conversations that truly support their teams. Debbie Kleiner has some suggestions about how HR can help to adapt management styles to fit the modern workplace.

  • Five practical ways to maintain DEI initiatives in challenging times

    Date:
    22 April 2025

    As diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives come under increasing pressure owing to the changing political climate, Georgie Williams sets out some steps organisations can take to protect underrepresented workers.

  • Are you making the most of your gender pay gap data?

    Date:
    9 April 2025

    Now that the annual deadline has passed, it is a good time to analyse your organisation's gender pay gap calculation in detail. Understanding your data is key to developing strategies to move forward and make progress.

  • Gender pay gap: Findings from 2024 reporting

    Date:
    7 April 2025

    The deadline for gender pay gap reporting has now passed and more than 10,000 organisations have shared information on their gender pay and bonus gaps. We report on the headline data and unearth some of the trends.

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