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- Date:
- 5 June 2026
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- Podcasts and webinars
Join us for this 60-minute webinar on 17 June in which Lisa Bell, founder of Tell Jane, will ensure your organisation is ready for the October harassment law changes.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to include dates for August 2026 including electronic and workplace balloting for industrial action, Cycle to work day, World breastfeeding week, International lefthanders day, National grief awareness day and Bank holiday.
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- Type:
- Editor's choice
Updated to include details on the following Commentary and insights: Employment Rights Act 2025 unfair dismissal changes - insights from our webinar, Men at Work - Rethinking Mental Health, Support and Cancel Culture, Reintegration after incarceration - Challenging workplace stigma against ex-offenders, Mindful DEI - Allocating space for compassion during the age of burnout and promote our podcast on trade union reforms.
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- Type:
- FAQs
The Government has updated its gender pay gap reporting guidance to say that calculations must be based on employees’ biological sex. The guidance attempts to provide examples of how employers might obtain reliable data, but employers may find it difficult in practice.
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- Date:
- 22 May 2026
- Type:
- News
The Government has laid the Equality and Human Rights Commission's draft updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations before Parliament. Having received ministerial approval, Parliament now has 40 days to scrutinise the code. If it does not reject it, the Government will set a date for it to come into force.
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- Date:
- 14 May 2026
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Some major changes are coming to the harassment laws in October. Global inequalities specialist - and licensed skipper - Georgie Williams joins the podcast to talk about what it's like to draw up an anti-harassment policy on a ship. What does it mean when you can't "clock off" and go home in the way you can with land-based office jobs? How does this change dynamics? What challenges does this raise?
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
The decision in Tesco Stores Ltd v Element and others is the latest ruling in the long-running Tesco equal pay saga. Here, the Court of Appeal accepted that detailed training materials can be given significant weight when assessing the nature of the work performed in equal value claims. As there are similar cases ongoing against many of the UK supermarket giants, proceedings in this case continue to be of great interest to large employers in the retail sector.
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- Date:
- 14 May 2026
- Type:
- News
Lawyers representing Tesco workers have welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling on how tribunals should assess the value of the roles carried out by Tesco shop workers in the long-running equal pay litigation.
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- Type:
- Training
In 2027, employers with 250 or more employees will be expected to publish a gender equality action plan. An example of an action set out in Government guidance is to provide training such as this to line managers on supporting employees through menopause.
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- Policies and procedures
Use our updated template wording to review and amend your organisation’s menopause policy to ensure that it reflects the government’s recommendations on how employers can support employees experiencing menopause.