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• Pay trends June 2018: Stability in pay awards level continues

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  Survey analysis

  The majority of organisations are making higher pay rises than a year ago, helping our headline measure of pay awards settle in to its new norm of 2.5%.

• Pay awards: 21 June 2018

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  Survey analysis

  We summarise the latest pay settlements monitored by XpertHR.

• Trade union representative unfairly dismissed for retention of confidential information

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  Law reports

  In Morris v Metrolink RATP DEV Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that a trade union representative who retained confidential information related to a restructuring exercise was unfairly dismissed.

• Protection from dismissal on grounds of trade union activities - how far does it go?

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  Legal guidance

  Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent case in which the Court of Appeal had to consider if, in sharing information from a manager's desk diary, a trade union rep had acted outside the scope of trade union activities for the purposes of the automatically unfair dismissal protection afforded by s.152 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

• Supreme Court confirms that "self-employed" plumbers are workers

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  Law reports

  In Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith, the Supreme Court unanimously held that a "self-employed" plumber qualified as a "worker" under the relevant statutory provisions and is entitled to the rights of a worker.

• Benchmark employee to HR ratios and other key HR metrics

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  Editor's choice

  The ratio of employees to HR professionals is a key HR metric. Latest XpertHR Benchmarking research on HR roles and responsibilities provides data on this and a range of other key HR metrics.

• Executive pay ratio regulations come before parliament

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  News

  New laws requiring certain companies to publish the pay ratio between bosses and workers will be laid out in parliament today.

• Podcast: Kicking off the World Cup in the workplace

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  Audio and video

  We discuss how employers can make the World Cup 2018 a positive event for both their employees and their business interests.

• Court of Appeal rules on employer liability for third-party harassment

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  Law reports

  In Unite the Union v Nailard, the Court of Appeal held that the union was liable for the acts of its lay officials because they were acting as its agents, but that the union was not liable for failures by its employed union officials to prevent discrimination by third-party lay officials.

• Take part in our graduate recruitment survey

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  Editor's choice

  Take part in this XpertHR Benchmarking survey of graduate recruitment and starting salaries to receive the latest data on how your organisation compares.

• Employee engagement: Use the World Cup as an opportunity

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  Editor's choice

  Taking positive steps to manage the workplace impact of the World Cup - which kicks off on Thursday 14 June 2018 - can have a beneficial effect on employee relations, XpertHR research finds.

• Unfair dismissal: Dismissal without notice where no single act of gross misconduct

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  Law reports

  In Mbubaegbu v Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the summary dismissal of a surgeon was fair where the trust had relied on a pattern of conduct, but there had been no single act amounting to gross misconduct.

• Disability: Updated good practice guidance

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  Editor's choice

  We have updated our good practice guide on disability to reflect current terminology, provide additional guidance on adopting an inclusive approach towards applicants and employees with disabilities, and ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

• Successful "discrimination arising from disability" claim in respect of fair dismissal

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  Legal guidance

  Consultant editor Darren Newman explains how the difference between the test of reasonableness in relation to unfair dismissal and the test for justification in relation to "discrimination arising from disability" led to an interesting - and important - Court of Appeal decision.

• Webinar: Closing the gender pay gap

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  Audio and video

  Naeema Choudry, partner at global law firm Eversheds Sutherland, and Anne Hurst, senior diversity and inclusion specialist at PwC LLP, share their knowledge and experience of putting into practice strategies to tackle the gender pay gap.