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• Around 17,000 firms have not published modern slavery statements

  Type:

  News

  The Home Office is writing to the chief executives of around 17,000 organisations that have not yet published a modern slavery statement, warning them that they could be named and shamed as being in breach of the law.

• Podcast: Gender pay gap reporting - what we have learnt so far

  Type:

  Audio and video

  We talk to XpertHR reward consultant Penne Cecil-Hutton about the steps employers are taking to bridge the gender pay gap within their organisations.

• Dismissal for some other substantial reason was fair despite no warning

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  Law reports

  In Hawkes v Ausin Group (UK) Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the employer's failure to hold a meeting with a reservist employee, before making the decision to dismiss, did not make the dismissal for some other substantial reason unfair.

• Take part in our recruitment trends survey

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  XpertHR would greatly appreciate your help with our research to investigate key recruitment trends among employers.

• Vicarious liability: Employer liable for director's assault after work Christmas party

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  Law reports

  In Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that an employer was vicariously liable for a managing director's assault of an employee during a drinking session after the work Christmas party.

• Christmas working and celebrations survey 2018

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR research looks at employers' arrangements for work, rest and celebrations over the Christmas period.

• The case for an independent labour standards agency

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  Consultant editor Darren Newman considers the current system of labour standards enforcement and suggests that the Government could play a more proactive role.

• No direct sexual orientation discrimination in Christian bakery's refusal to make "gay cake"

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Lee v Ashers Baking Co Ltd and others, the Supreme Court held that a Christian bakery did not commit direct sexual orientation discrimination in the provision of goods and services when it refused to fulfil a cake order with a message in support of same-sex marriage.

• Review of pay awards 2018: Private-sector pay

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  We round up the state of pay bargaining over the past year in the private sector and provide detailed analysis for 12 key industries of the economy.

• Deductions from wages: Tribunals have jurisdiction to construe employment contract

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Agarwal v Cardiff University and another; Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive t/a Nexus v Anderson and others, the Court of Appeal held that employment tribunals have jurisdiction to construe contractual terms in the context of a claim for unlawful deductions from wages.

• Podcast: Postponing disciplinary and grievance hearings following Talon

  Type:

  Audio and video

  We discuss the recent case of Talon Engineering Ltd v Smith, in which the EAT considered an employer's refusal to postpone a disciplinary hearing to allow the employee to be accompanied.

• Policy on processing special category personal data and criminal records data (compliant with the GDPR)

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Employers can use this policy to explain how they process special category data and/or data relating to criminal convictions and offences, in compliance with the data protection principles in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

• Take part in our employee wellbeing survey

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  XpertHR is conducting research looking at employer practice when implementing employee wellbeing initiatives, and we would like to invite you to take part.

• Benchmark labour turnover rates with latest XpertHR data

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  How do labour turnover rates for your organisation measure up against those of your competitors? New XpertHR data enables you to benchmark labour turnover rates at your organisation against those for others in the same sector.

• Review of pay awards 2018: Basic pay awards

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR provides an overview of pay award levels in the past year, identifying the trends and exploring the types of pay deals awarded.