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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).
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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.
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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.
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- Audio and video
Special guest Patrick Brodie talks about using restrictive covenants to protect your business effectively.
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- Editor's choice
Our model policies and documents on sickness and sick pay, redundancy and variation of contract have been updated to comply with the GDPR.
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- Employment law manual
Revised to explain the law on data protection under the GDPR, including the data protection principles, legal grounds for processing personal data, requirement to provide privacy notices, rules on special categories of personal data, data subject rights and ICO fines.
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- Editor's choice
We have restructured some of our Employment law manual content on recruitment and selection to expand on, and consolidate, our guidance on how discrimination law, and other legal provisions, impact on the recruitment and selection process.
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- Survey analysis
Our first analysis of pay settlements including the key month of April 2018 confirms that the higher level of pay awards seen over the year so far has continued.
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- Law reports
In City of York Council v Grosset, the Court of Appeal held that the dismissal of a teacher for showing an 18-rated film to his pupils amounted to discrimination arising from his disability, even though the school had not been aware that the teacher's conduct was linked to his disability.
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- Editor's choice
The latest XpertHR data on bonus scheme participation and the level of bonus payments has been added to Benchmarking.
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- Law reports
In Addison Lee Ltd v Gascoigne, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a cycle courier was a worker rather than self-employed.
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- News
Freelance and contractor bodies have called a new Government consultation into IR35 tax reform a "fatal blow" to the UK's flexible work economy.
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- News
The Government today issued guidance for employers on how they can ensure dress codes are not discriminatory. They do not contain any measures to toughen up sanctions on organisations with discriminatory rules, however, and have been criticised by one employment law firm.
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- Legal guidance
The quota on Tier 2 (General) visas has been reached for several consecutive months, which is causing serious issues for employers that require skilled workers from outside the EU. Charlie Pring from Taylor Wessing describes the current cap level as inflexible and looks at alternative routes employers might take for much-needed talent to gain visas.
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- Editor's choice
Our model policies and documents on recruitment, equal opportunities and transfer of undertakings (TUPE) are among the latest to be updated to comply with the GDPR, which is in force from 25 May 2018.
