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Brexit is vastly becoming the defining political event of the 21st Century within the UK. With Theresa May’s Chequers plan being firmly rejected by the EU, unless otherwise agreed through negotiations, the UK will leave the EU on the 29th March 2019 whether that be through a ‘hard’ or ‘soft’ Brexit. With six months to go it is important to […]

According to ACAS, ‘A dismissal occurs when an employer terminates the employee’s contract’. Just as formal disciplinary action should only be necessary if informal methods have failed to resolve the problem. A dismissal should be the last resort in terms of sanctions. However, if a dismissal does occur there are important steps to ensure the employer handles the dismissal professionally […]

With one million people gathering in London for the annual 2018 Pride and many other LGBTQ+ events throughout July and August it is an important time to focus on inclusion and diversity in the workplace. Although there are laws in place which help to further both inclusivity and diversity in work such as; covering age, disability, race, religion, gender and […]

Is shared parental leave and pay working? The initiative brought in in 2015 has shown to be less popular than originally anticipated. The changes in 2015 on both shared parental leave and shared parental pay have meant the HR sector getting to grips with the raft of complex regulations and drafting detailed policies to explain the new entitlements to staff. […]