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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
15 May 2013
Employment Tribunal users meeting at London Central has the power to surprise
I was fortunate to have attended what turned out to be one of the most interesting meetings of the year. And get this. It was the Employment Tribunal Users meeting at London Central. No really.
25 April 2013
Growth and Infrastructure Bill passed, but at what cost?
Quite extraordinary developments in the House of Lords last night. The Growth and Infrastructure Bill passed through the parliamentary “ping pong” process and made it to the Royal Assent stage by the skin of its teeth and only after the Government made concession after concession.
16 April 2013
Should obesity be protected by disability discrimination legislation?
The UK reportedly has the most overweight population in Europe. Adult obesity rates have quadrupled in the last 25 years, and over 20% of Britons are now regarded as XXL. Health issues associated with being overweight reportedly cost the NHS more than £5 billion a year. And it’s not just health care professionals who need to be alive to these problems.
8 March 2013
The Children and Families Bill: What does it mean for employers?
This blog first appeared as an article in HR Magazine on Tuesday 5th March 2013.
Last month the Children and Families Bill had a second reading in the House of Commons. It recognised the vital role that both parents play in their children’s upbringing, from birth throughout their childhood.
18 February 2013
Love contracts – how to manage inter-office relationships
For all those 50 Shades readers out there, this is not what you think. ‘Love contracts’ and policies on romantic relationships in the workplace however are, like the book, becoming more prolific and mainstream.
