Victoria Middleditch
Full bioDiscrimination update – what constitutes a ‘philosophical belief’ under the Equality Act?
Covert CCTV monitoring possible without violating an employee's Article 8 privacy rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that covert surveillance to tackle workplace theft did not breach an […]
Banking Standards Board publishes guidance on regulatory references
Earlier this month, the Banking Standards Board (BSB) published the final version of its statement of good practice relating to […]
Draft IR35 legislation published along with HMRC's response to the consultation earlier this year
HMRC has published draft IR35 regulations (to come into effect on 6 April 2020) and a summary of the responses […]
Update – Employer NICs on Termination Awards
On 25 April 2019, the National Insurance Contributions Bill was introduced to Parliament. The Bill deals with the national insurance […]
Acas publishes guidance on workplace neurodiversity
Acas has published guidance to help employers learn about neurodiversity and to suggest changes that can be made in the […]
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy launches new consultation into misuse of confidentiality clauses
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, non-disclosure agreements have been a hotly-debated topic, particularly where they are used to […]
Executive pay gap rules now in force
Under regulations which came into force on 1 January 2019, UK-listed companies with more than 250 UK employees must now […]
Employers can be vicariously liable for the violent conduct of their employees outside work
In Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Limited (NRL), the Court of Appeal decided that NRL was liable for its Managing Director […]
Government to propose mandatory ethnic pay gap reporting
As UK companies with more than 250 employees are now required to publish gender pay gap information, the government has turned its attention to the ethnicity pay gap.
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 receives royal stamp of approval
The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 was given royal assent on 13 September 2018, having started out in July 2017 as a Private Member's Bill subsequently supported by the government.