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- Date:
- 4 December 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
In the first of a new series delving into the details of the Employment Rights Bill, 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.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Updated with the latest gender pay gap figures, as reported in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2024.
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- Date:
- 18 October 2024
- Type:
- Survey analysis
The first draft of the Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October - just ahead of 100 days into the new Labour Government. We take an early look at how HR is reacting to the changes included in the Bill.
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- Date:
- 11 October 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
After months of waiting, the Government has finally published the first draft of its wide-ranging Employment Rights Bill, which will make radical changes to employment law in the next few years. Now that the Employment Rights Bill has begun its progress through Parliament, we highlight the key points from the first draft for HR professionals.
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- Date:
- 8 October 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
From 26 October 2024, employers of any size in England, Wales and Scotland have a specific duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of workers in the course of their employment. As the implementation date approaches, what should HR professionals be doing to ensure that their organisation is ready to comply with the new duty?
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
Updated to reflect the final version of the EHRC's guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work, which was published on 26 September 2024.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
Updated to reflect the final version of the EHRC's guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work and the EHRC's new Employer 8-step guide: Preventing sexual harassment at work, both published on 26 September 2024.
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In James and another v London and Quadrant Housing Trust, an employment tribunal upheld the race discrimination claims of two housing managers after finding that they had not been selected for two senior roles because of the trust's unconscious bias.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
The third in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure explores how to address the specific challenges around ethnicity disclosure, which will enable HR leaders to significantly enhance the effectiveness of their ethnicity data collection efforts.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
The second in our series of guides on empowering ethnicity disclosure supports HR leaders to establish and strengthen ethnicity disclosure practices within their organisation by exploring the common challenges to collecting ethnicity data.