Keeping you informed.
Next Retail Limited: Employment Tribunal rules on equal pay
The case focused on whether Next could justify the pay disparity between store-based sales consultants (predominantly female) and warehouse operatives (predominantly male). Whilst the 2023 ET Hearing focused on whether the work performed by sale consultants was of equal value to that of the male warehouse operative, the 2024 ET shifted to consider whether Next could provide a justifiable reason for pay disparity between the two roles
Supreme Court’s equal pay comparison decision in the Asda case
With the Asda equal pay case currently being considered by the Employment Tribunal, this is a good point to reflect on the Supreme Court (SC) Judgment of March 2021, which specifically focuses on the equal pay comparator element which was a preliminary issue.
Age Discrimination in the Workplace
Age discrimination affects millions of British employees of all ages every year. In this blog you’ll learn about some of the different ways that age discrimination can occur inside the workplace, and a few of the areas in which age discrimination is legal.
Disability discrimination in the workplace
According to reported statistics, 3 out of 4 disabled people have experienced negative behaviours in the last 5 years due to their disabilities. Over 40% of these experiences occurred inside the workplace.
In this blog, employers and colleagues can get a better understanding of disability discrimination in the workplace and how it can be avoided.
Managing the Menopause in the Workplace
There are many enormous changes that can happen in one lifetime - from marriage to relocation to retirement. But one life change that often goes undiscussed when thinking about employees and employment law is the menopause.
In this blog, we’ll give you a quick overview of the menopause and how it may affect employees, and make suggestions of how to accommodate workers in this particular stage of life.
HR Training for Businesses - What Is It, and What are the Benefits?
There are many different aspects of running a business - from creating products or services, to marketing them, to keeping up-to-date with invoices and cash flow. But one important aspect that is often left behind is Human Resources, more recently referred to as the People department.
Read our blog to learn more about HR, and how HR training benefits your business.
Immigration law update: Expansion of Health and Care Visa Scheme
On 24 December 2021, it was announced by the government that care workers, care assistants and home care workers would become eligible for a Health and Care Visa for a 12-month period. In their press release, they state ‘this will make it quicker, cheaper and easier for social care employers to recruit eligible workers to fill vital gaps.’
They note that this is due to staff shortages within social care sector and pressures on the existing workforce. The announcement follows the recommendation from the Migration Advisory Committee to make care workers and home carers eligible for the Health and Care visa.
To understand the pressures and issues placed by the social care sector, at GNR Solicitors we have taken a deeper dive to help care providers understand the requirements.
Blog: Wellbeing and mental health
Employment law blog: why the mental health of your employees is more important than ever before.
Employment law services infographic
Pleased to present our employment law services infographic - take a look around our offering for businesses and individuals.