Kate Coppack
Diversity and inclusion: maintaining the momentum
A recent report conducted by the CIPD revealed that only 48% of those 2,009 senior decision-makers surveyed had a freestanding D&I strategy and more than a third of respondents admitted they had no intention of focusing on any D&I areas over the next five years. As a result, the CIPD has outlined seven recommendations to, in its own words, help employers "re-energise their own approach to practice that will support equality, diversity and inclusion in their organisation". In this blog, we take a closer look at these recommendations and consider the benefits of employers having a diverse and inclusive workforce.
Equal pay: the state of play in the UK
Who has authority to sign “fit notes”?
Worker status: EAT holds groundsman is a self-employed contractor based on relationship between the parties
I Spy – a blog on email monitoring at work
Worker status: EAT holds drivers were neither employees nor workers
Incorporating net zero clauses into employment contracts
Dismissal for refusing to wear face mask can be fair
Over the past year, face masks have become an ordinary part of life and it was only a matter of time before they became the focus of a workplace dispute. In the first such dispute to reach a tribunal, Kubilius v Kent Foods Ltd (ET/3201960/2020), an employment tribunal found that a lorry driver was dismissed fairly for his refusal to wear a face mask on a client's premises.