Workplace Insight
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
New guidance on menopause in the workplace, setting out employer’s legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, has been issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer will be under a legal obligation to make reasonable adjustments and to not discriminate against the worker.
Allwork
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The closest the country has gotten to passing remote work policy was when President Obama signed The Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, mandating remote work guidelines for federal employees. . The courts declared that they are not a super HR agency,” said Ronald Miller, senior legal analyst at Wolters Kluwer.
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Workplace Insight
APRIL 2, 2024
It is essential for managers to revise their policies, engage with employees, and adapt their procedures in alignment with the updated regulations prior to their implementation. This code will be effective from 6 April and, while not legally binding, tribunals will consider it when adjudicating cases.
Workplace Insight
APRIL 7, 2024
Recent guidelines issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) aim to simplify employers’ legal obligations to support workers going through menopause. Menopause and perimenopause symptoms vary from person to person, resulting in legal and practical nuances that may not be accounted for via standalone measures.
Workplace Insight
MARCH 26, 2024
This means that there is no legal obligation for employers to support employees going through the menopause unless the effects on a particular employee are so severe that they meet the definition of a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or they constitute a health and safety concern.
Workplace Insight
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
This is a central message in its new ‘Manifesto for Good Work’ which outlines the public policy changes needed to address the UK’s multiple challenges, for all the main UK political parties. These challenges include stagnating productivity, rising skills shortages and our ageing working population.
Small Business Labs
OCTOBER 17, 2013
New York State senator Liz Krueger, the author of the 2010 law, has called Airbnb's business "unambiguously illegal." As the Chicago Tribune's When online upstarts rattle the playing field covers, many of the leading sharing economy companies are facing some sort of legal and/or regulatory challenges.
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