The British equalities watchdog, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (or EHRC for short), have been under fire from many progressive and activist groups in recent months. On the EHRC’s own website, they put their values front and centre, stating that they exist for the purpose of ‘promoting and upholding equality and human rights ideals […]
In the majority of workplace settings at HR and You Ltd we find that bosses/Managers avoid difficult conversations, in many cases, they do this because they lack confidence, training, and ultimately, they feel that by not having the conversation the issue will go away; occasionally, this can happen, sadly though and in many instances, the […]
If you run a business, then you are likely to end up in the unfortunate position where you need to let go of a staff member, or even multiple members of staff. Whether they need to go because of an issue with their behaviour or abilities or because you need to unfortunately reduce the size […]
What flexibility do dress codes in the workplace have? In the second to last week of July 2021, the HR and You office saw temperatures above 30c, a sweltering ten degrees warmer than the average temperatures for July. This is becoming a somewhat common phenomenon – according to Weather Underground, 7 of the past 10 […]
The end of the furlough scheme – What happens next? As so many of us are aware the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), commonly known as Furlough will end on 30 September 2021, this was announced in the March 2021 budget. Continuing in September, the government’s contribution will remain at the reduced level of […]
A belated L’shanah Tovah! As of today, it’s the 3rd Tishri 5782, which means it’s the third day of the Jewish year. For all our Jewish readers, we wish you a wonderful new year. Gemar chatimah tovah! For our blog post this week, we thought we would look at the law surrounding religious holidays. England […]
It’s September. The trees are just starting to go golden, pumpkin is back on the menu, and children are returning to school after six long weeks off to enjoy the sun and give their poor, beleaguered teachers a bit of a break from the “Miss, he keeps poking me!” and “She started it!” and “I’m […]
In this week’s latest news, we wanted to do a case study of a case that has recently closed – the decision on Thompson vs Scancrown Ltd T/A Manors (known from this point on as Thompson vs. Manors). We want to look at the evidence presented, the judgement made, and why any particular claim succeeded […]
Mental health at work; The 21st of September is the start of autumn here in the northern hemisphere. For many people, it’s a good time of year – a run up to Christmas with autumn, pumpkin spice, golden leaves and cosy clothes. For many, many people, however, it’s a time of year where their mental […]
We were at Shout! Expo on Friday! We hope we got to see you, and if we didn’t, we’d love to see you at one of our other expos this year. We’re visiting Best of Bolton on the 6th of October, and we’ll be at Shout! again in November, so keep an eye out on […]
