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    Legal timetable

    Gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting in Northern Ireland

    The Department for Communities (Northern Ireland) is consulting on introducing mandatory gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting for employers in Northern Ireland with 250 or more employees.

  • Date:
    6 December 2024
    Type:
    News

    Northern Ireland consults on gender, ethnicity and disability pay reporting

    A consultation has been launched in Northern Ireland on gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.

  • Date:
    4 December 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Act 2025 essentials: Gender equality action plan

    In the first of a new series delving into the details of the Employment Rights Act 2025, we look at the plan to require large employers to publish an action plan on the steps that they are taking to address the gender pay gap and support employees going through the menopause.

  • Date:
    25 November 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting - five tips to help organisations improve their data and outcomes

    Although the formal Bill is yet to be published, the Government has outlined plans to require organisations with 250 and more employees to report their ethnicity and disability pay data. To prepare HR leaders for this change, Brightmine and HR Grapevine convened a roundtable discussion to address the practical and cultural challenges of expanded pay gap reporting.

  • Date:
    21 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Fireside Chat with National Deaf Children's Society

    In this 30 minute fireside chat, Penne Cecil Hutton, Compensation Planning Expert at Brightmine, talks to Kate Taylor, People Project Lead at National Deaf Children's Society, about the journey they went through to implement a robust compensation and rewards strategy that met their unique business needs.

  • Date:
    21 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: What changes should HR prepare for from the Employment Rights Bill?

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson analyse the key proposals in the Bill and offer advice on how HR can begin to prepare for the changes.

  • Date:
    20 November 2024
    Type:
    News

    Class pay gap: Working-class professionals paid 12% less

    Professionals from working-class backgrounds across the UK are effectively no longer being paid for their work from today until the end of the year because of the class pay gap.

  • Date:
    20 November 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill Q&A

    The Labour Government published its highly anticipated Employment Rights Bill on 10 October 2024. In this edition of the podcast, Brightmine employment law experts Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson answer questions on different aspects of the Bill, from the timeline for the measures coming into effect to the nuances of the proposed unfair dismissal and fire and rehire changes.

  • Date:
    24 October 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Employment Rights Bill - how HR can get ahead of the changes

    In this webinar, Brightmine legal editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed explain what the changes are going to be, what employers can do now to begin preparing and the potential timelines for implementation.

  • Date:
    24 October 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Sexual harassment in the workplace - legal changes, generational shifts

    With changes to the law regarding sexual harassment in the workplace coming into effect this autumn - and further changes promised in the Government's Employment Rights Bill - we are joined by Lisa Bell from Tell Jane to discuss the new legal duty on employers, the impact of technology and generational shifts in attitude.

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