Your employees have rights with regards to looking after their newborn at your business. There are also specific laws you have to respect for new m...
Discrimination is when you treat an employee less favourably than other members of staff. This is typically due to gender, race, disability, or sexual...
If you treat an employee unfairly due to their pregnancy or a recent birth, then your business is breaching the Equality Act 2010. Pregnancy and mate...
In recent years, the UK's workforce has become more and more diverse. This has led to more policies and initiatives being launched to ensure that peop...
Employees are protected against pregnancy and maternity discrimination from the moment their pregnancy starts. If an employee is treated unfavourably ...
As an employer, your staff will come from different religious backgrounds - but it's your job to make them feel part of the team and not treat them un...
In any given company in the UK, employees come from different backgrounds. but as an employer, you cannot let your own unconscious bias pre-judge thei...
Most employers will understand that discrimination is a term used to describe unfair treatment based on one of nine protected characteristics laid dow...
Every business must take the proper steps towards ending discrimination. Direct discrimination is one form mentioned under the Equality Act. Often, a...
Religious discrimination at work The UK government first introduced anti-discrimination law with the Race Relations Act in 1965. In 2010, the Equali...
Whether it’s intended or not, it is unlawful to discriminate against mental health at work. Employers must protect their staff’s health and wellbeing...
Under The UK’s employment law, workplace discrimination is generally unlawful. But when discrimination shows a ‘proportionate means of achieving a le...
Workplaces can host several types of hazards and safeguarding risks, affecting both workers and non-workers. It’s the responsibility of the employer t...
Everyone should maintain personal hygiene at work. It’s professional, considerate, and often a necessary element of your working environment. However,...
Every employer has a legal responsibility to provide a secure workplace environment. That’s why proper procedures are essential when it comes to acci...
Every incident causing injury should be considered for the potential for similar or more serious injuries, and measures should be put in place to prev...
Contributory negligence is a partial defence in the law whereby the claimant is deemed to have suffered damage as a result partly of his or her own fa...
It's essential under health & safety laws to provide a safe and secure working environment for your employees. The same applies to other individua...
The definition of an employee for the purposes of health and safety legislation is very different to that used in other aspects of employment law. The...
Although many employees have to use modern technology such as computers, the devices pose workplace health & safety risks you must address. Displ...
Any substance or mixture of substances which presents a hazard to health and safety is a Hazardous Substance and must be categorised and labelled in a...
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