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A ‘fatherhood penalty’?: UK inquiry asks whether fathers are being failed in the workplace

A report recently published by the work-life charity Working Families and Bright Horizons has found that UK workplaces are failing to support fathers’ wishes to take an active role in… Read more →

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Handbook, Incorporated – Are terms in your employee handbook limiting your freedom to amend policies?

A recent Court of Appeal decision serves as a reminder to employers that if provisions or policies in an employee handbook or other document become incorporated into employees’ contractual terms… Read more →

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A written warning: tread carefully when increasing disciplinary sanctions on appeal

In the case of McMillan v Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (“McMillan”) the Court of Appeal has upheld a permanent injunction preventing an employer from increasing the disciplinary sanction it gave… Read more →