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Insights
Feb 27, 2025

Unlawful deductions backstop, religious belief dismissals, plus a news round-up

Our employment law update for February sees new cases on the two-year backstop on compensation in unlawful deductions cases and a Court of Appeal decision on religious belief discrimination relating…
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Jan 30, 2025

No ACAS early conciliation but the claim continues, and a general employment news round-up

The return of our monthly format for employment law updates sees new cases on whether a failure to carry out ACAS Early Conciliation is fatal to claims progressing, whether a claimant after…
Insights
Dec 10, 2024

AI in HR - what you need to know

BCLP recently hosted a seminar on AI in HR. In this thought-provoking session, we considered how AI is used in HR and its regulation in the EU and the UK, and then engaged in some discussions around…
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Nov 21, 2024

Consultation in non-collective redundancy situations

This week we look at a case that covers the issue of what constitutes proper lawful consultation in smaller scale redundancies (fewer than 20). In particular, the case looks at whether there a need…
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Oct 31, 2024

The sexual harassment preventative duty is now in force - why it is needed

This week we mark the introduction on 26 October of the duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment, and consider a few recent cases showing that this is a workplace issue that refuses…
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Oct 24, 2024

Employment Rights Bill, whistleblowing, and sex-based discrimination

This week we summarise three very recent developments in employment law, one involving the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) and two new cases.
Insights
Oct 17, 2024

The Employment Rights Bill 2024 - Points of Interest

This week we cover certain selected areas of the Employment Rights Bill, published on 10 October 2024.  It is Labour’s flagship employment legislation.
Insights
Oct 10, 2024

Sexual Harassment – The Preventative Duty

After a slightly extended summer break, we return with a summary of the new sexual harassment rules due to come into force in just over two weeks.
Insights
Aug 08, 2024

Unlawful deductions claims and tricky time limits

This week we consider a new EAT decision that emphasises the difficulties of making assumptions about tribunal time limits, particularly the date from when time starts to run. Please note that the…
Insights
Aug 01, 2024

Neurodiversity in the workplace

This week, we explore and offer practical guidance on neurodiversity, a workplace issue that, much like the menopause, has developed substantially over the past few years and is now a part of Labour’s…
Insights
Jul 25, 2024

Balancing protected characteristics – religious belief v sexual orientation

This week we focus on a new case looking at the difficulties between balancing protections of religious belief with the rights and protections of LGBTQI+ individuals.
Insights
Jul 18, 2024

EHRC draft technical guidance – clear messaging on sexual harassment

Welcome to the new Two Minute Weekly. Following requests from readers, we are changing the format of our employment law newsletter. It will now be weekly and will feature as it did before news items…
Insights
Jul 03, 2024

Labour’s proposed employment law reforms: our third and final weekly pre-election guide

Following last week's insight on employment status, we focus this week, just before the election, on the issue of Ethnicity and Disability (E&D) Pay Gap Reporting.
Insights
Jun 27, 2024

UK HR Two-Minute Monthly: June 2024

Our June update includes a new gender critical philosophical belief case exploring some new areas (such as the nature of the workplace), a case on redaction of disclosure documents and whether the…
Insights
Jun 26, 2024

Labour’s Proposed Employment Law Reforms: Our Second Weekly Pre-election Guide

Following last week's pre-election guide on qualifying periods and statutory time-limits, we focus this week on Labour’s plan to simplify the law on employment status.
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