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Equality, diversity and human rights

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  • Date:
    21 February 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: How to Simplify Gender Pay Gap Reporting and Meet 2025 Deadlines

    This webinar is designed to help you streamline your gender pay gap reporting process and stay on track for 2025. We show you how navigate the key steps, meet deadlines with confidence, and use your reporting to drive meaningful change.

  • Date:
    18 February 2025
    Type:
    News

    Free speech: Kristie Higgs triumphs at Court of Appeal

    Kristie Higgs, the Christian school assistant who was dismissed after sharing Facebook posts that her employer deemed transphobic and homophobic, has won her case at the Court of Appeal.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Employee survey on workplace harassment

    A model form to conduct a survey to understand the extent of sexual harassment and harassment within your organisation and identify areas for improvement.

  • Date:
    13 February 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: What's up with WhatsApp in the workplace?

    WhatsApp and other informal messaging platforms are an invaluable communication resources for individuals and groups. But as some recent legal cases have shown, they can also create problems when they are used in a work environment. Sam Dickinson, a partner at Mayo Wynne Baxter solicitors, joins the podcasts to talk about the pitfalls - and what employers can do to manage risk.

  • Date:
    5 February 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Third-party harassment - what employers need to know in 2025

    Following significant changes in autumn 2024, the Government's Employment Rights Bill now promises further reforms to the harassment laws, including the introduction of explicit new third-party harassment liability. Employment judge Tina Elliott looks at the history of third-party harassment law, the current position and the changes on the horizon.

  • Date:
    4 February 2025
    Type:
    News

    Asda workers advance to final stage in equal pay claim

    Asda workers fighting for equal pay have advanced to the final stage in their legal battle, as the employment tribunal ruled some of their jobs are of equal value to the jobs of their colleagues in Asda's distribution centres.??

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Victimisation

    Updated with a recent EAT case providing an example of what amounts to victimisation.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Harassment

    Updated to reflect an EAT case confirming that, in a harassment claim, the unwanted conduct must relate to a protected characteristic, rather than be because of a protected characteristic.

  • Date:
    28 January 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Inclusivity for all - how to support both parents and non-parents in your EDI approach

    Motherhood is at the heart of a lot of policies in the contemporary workplace, where the narrative often focuses around an ideal that everyone is or wants to be a mother. This can be incredibly excluding for non-mothers. It's great to provide policies and benefits that support parents, says Caroline Green, but how can you supplement your support for everyone else?

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Equality and human rights: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

    Updated with information on the removal of an exception to rules on discrimination, and the provision of fair employment monitoring information.

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