by Tim Davies | Nov 22, 2024 | Employment Law Insight
According to certain newspapers, Labour’s new Employment Rights Bill will grant employees the right to DEMAND a four-day working week. Except that, no, it won’t. Employees will have the right to REQUEST a shorter working week, but they already can under...
by Tim Davies | Nov 5, 2024 | Employment Law Insight, Uncategorised
Focus on…. Unfair Dismissal and Probation Periods One of the cornerstones of Labour’s new Employment Rights Bill is to grant employees protection from unfair dismissal from the first day they start work, rather than requiring a minimum two years’ continuous...
by Tim Davies | Oct 23, 2024 | Employment Law Insight, Uncategorised
Focus on…. Sexual Harassment This week we report on two significant developments in the law relating to sexual harassment. The first is the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, which comes into force imminently on 26 October 2024....
by Tim Davies | Oct 8, 2024 | Employment Law Insight, Uncategorised
‘The biggest upgrade to rights at work for a generation’ – that’s the bold ambition of Labour’s new Employment Rights Bill, set to be published this Thursday, 10 October 2024. Whilst there’s always plenty to talk about in the field of HR and employment law, it’s...
by Tim Davies | Sep 23, 2024 | Employment Law Insight, Uncategorised
In this new series from TJD Law, we’ll be shining the spotlight on a different hot topic of employment law each fortnight, and with Labour’s sweeping employment law reforms, there’s certainly plenty to talk about. We’ll be revealing the truth behind the...
by Tim Davies | Jan 31, 2019 | Employment Law Insight
As those well-intentioned, ‘get fit’ resolutions already begin to wane, we thought we’d try and give you a boost by kicking off this year with a couple of news stories connected (loosely) by jobs requiring a love of two wheels. Moreover, they both concern issues of...