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- Date:
- 12 May 2025
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Katherine Flower, a partner in the employment law team at Burges Salmon, sets out organisations' legal obligations concerning harassment, how staff are protected and where the risks lie. She will also be sharing practical insights on how to manage some of the difficult issues that can arise when dealing with allegations of harassment.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated with a case exploring whether it was reasonable for conduct to have the purpose or effect of violating an employee’s dignity.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Campbell v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and another, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the trust had taken all reasonable steps to prevent an employee making a racially abusive comment to the union branch secretary and that it did not take place in the course of his employment.
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- Date:
- 17 April 2025
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
In October 2024 the Government launched a major overhaul of employment law in the form of the Employment Rights Bill. A number of important amendments have been introduced since the proposed legislation was first published. Stephen Simpson, principal editor at Brightmine, joins the podcast to provide an update and help HR departments prepare for the changes.
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- Date:
- 2 April 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
To help HR leaders develop their strategies to tackle the practical and cultural challenges of recent and upcoming additions to anti-harassment legislation, Brightmine and HR Grapevine convened a roundtable discussion. During the event, industry professionals shared the key issues they currently encounter in dealing with workplace harassment.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model form to conduct a survey to understand the extent of sexual harassment and harassment within your organisation and identify areas for improvement.
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- Date:
- 5 February 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The Employment Rights Bill includes provisions to add sexual harassment to the list of types of disclosure that qualify for whistleblowing protection.
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- Date:
- 6 December 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The Employment Rights Bill packs 28 imposing employment law reforms into its 158 pages. While HR professionals await the substantive details needed to flesh out the Bill, we outline the key policies that you will need to update and an overview of what those updates might involve.
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- Type:
- Legal timetable
The Employment Rights Bill includes provisions to introduce employer liability for harassment by third parties, and strengthens the duty to prevent sexual harassment.