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  • Date:
    30 March 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: HR's response to COVID-19 and key metrics

    How has HR risen to the challenges of COVID-19? Senior HR practice editor Noelle Murphy takes us through the latest findings from XpertHR's annual survey of HR roles and responsibilities.

  • Date:
    22 March 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Homeworking: Helping employees to balance work and caring commitments

    Lockdown has brought many challenges for employers and employees alike - not least those who have had to juggle their day-to-day work with home schooling a child or caring for another dependant. Graham Brown takes a look at ways in which employers can help support working carers and parents.

  • Date:
    18 March 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: The future of the workplace

    Gemma Dale, HR professional and coach and lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, discusses what we have learned as a result of mass homeworking and how we can use this learning to shape future plans and working patterns for the workplace.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Coronavirus: Dismissal for refusing to wear face mask was fair

    In Kubilius v Kent Foods Ltd, an employment tribunal held that the delivery driver was fairly dismissed when he refused to wear a face mask at a client site.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Coronavirus: Constructive dismissal after remote working request denied

    In An Operations Coordinator v A Facilities Management Service Provider, the Workplace Relations Commission in Ireland found that a worker was constructively dismissed when she resigned after she raised concerns about safe working and her employer rejected her request to work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Date:
    10 February 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: HR, the pandemic and the future of the workplace

    Gemma Dale, HR professional and lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, joins us to talk about the crucial role HR has played in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and the future of the workplace.

  • Date:
    3 February 2021
    Type:
    Case studies

    How Orbit Group introduced a "post-pandemic" homeworking programme for 850 employees

    Orbit Group talks to XpertHR about WorkSmart, a programme to allow staff to continue to work from home even when there are no coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions in place.

  • Date:
    8 January 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Is remote working here to stay?

    Nick Martindale investigates the long-term changes to working patterns and the future of the workplace following the changes brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Gig economy: EU health and safety rights extend to workers, High Court rules

    In R (on the application of the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another, the High Court held that the Government has failed to implement properly EU health and safety Directives by excluding workers from the UK implementing legislation.

  • Date:
    30 November 2020
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Building HR resilience during the coronavirus

    HR has been on the frontline of organisational response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, meeting every challenge thrown its way. But there is concern among the HR community that the pressure being placed on them is putting their own health and wellbeing at risk. Graham Brown looks at how HR professionals can build their resilience levels during the current crisis.

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HR and legal information and guidance relating to the coronavirus (COVID-19).