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14 day post-travel quarantine – Guidance for employers Earlier this month new regulations were put in place under which it is ...

Sex discrimination in the workplace Sex discrimination has continued to be an issue within society and this systematic sex di ...

HPC Update – July 2020   Kick start   The Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently announced a new ‘ki ...

What you need to know about the governments COVID19 Phase 2 plans.   As you may have seen, Chancellor, Rishi Sunak has o ...

Black Lives Matter – Now Is The Time To Make A Change.   On the 25th of May, there was another case of police brutality ...

  As usual, this month has been a whirlwind in terms of HR updates and changes. Our legal HR consultant, Daniel Meyer-Lo ...

How to have the “underperforming” chat with staff.   A realignment conversation is a diplomatic way of telling a staff m ...

COVID19 Discretionary Grant Fund for Small Businesses. Earlier last week the government announced an additional discretionary ...

COVID19 | Returning back to work HR FAQs   As businesses start to re-open, businesses will be faced with staffing issues ...

We’re here to help | Free Workplace Checklist and Action Plan  We appreciate this is a very difficult time for every business ...

We have received further guidance on the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme (SSPRS)   The coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay R ...

Decrypting Boris's Updates | COVID19 Business Updates   I think like the rest of the nation, you are as confused as us w ...

HPC Law: COIVD19 Updates, CJRS & Financial Support There has been a number of updates and changes to keep track of this m ...

Extension of CJRS to end of June Yesterday evening, further Guidance for Employers was published by HMRC https://bit.ly/3ewlc ...

YOU still need to get ready for BREXIT   From February of this year, details of the UK’S post-Brexit immigration regime ...

COVID19 - How to manage employee holidays.   Balancing the annual leave of the workforce with operational needs can some ...

COVID19 Job Retention Scheme - What do we know now?   To date, the guidance on the Government’s COVI19 job retention sch ...

COVID19, Giving Staff 'FURLOUGH' status & the 'Good Work Plan' updates   In these uncertain times, we thought that i ...

COVID19 - FAQs on giving your staff ‘FURLOUGH’ status.   On Friday, the Government’s announced that they would pay up to ...

COVID19 - How will School closures impact your Business? It is hard to escape the mixed messages of what to do regarding COVI ...

COVID19 - Your Questions Answered. We understand there is a lot of confusion and panic surrounding COVID19. We have answered ...

The Good Work Plan In April every year, there are usually changes to statutory rates of maternity pay, sick pay and adoption ...

Following the Government’s commissioning of the Independent Taylor Review of Modern Work Practices, the Good Work Plan was de ...

Employee wellbeing and Engagement at John West Foods   Earlier this month we had a chance to speak with Lisa Yensen, HR ...

How will new immigration rules impact upon UK business? With the government confirming that there will be no special visas fo ...

Valentines in the workplace – Dos and don’ts   As you would expect, as an outsourced HR provider we aren’t big proponent ...

HPC had the opportunity to speak with the CEO of Mashbo  Gavin Sherratt. Gavin has made sure that Mental Health is at the cor ...

Starbucks upgrades its Mental Health Benefits. Among all of the expectations and desires of the modern workforce, a survey sh ...

When is a “belief” a belief?   The Equality Act 2010 was brought into force on 24 January 2010 – happy anniversary! &nbs ...

How you can overcome the 2020 'New Year Blues'. How have you been feeling since you have returned to work? Are you your norma ...

HPC Law Update: Tribunal Claimants Beware!   Since the abolition of Tribunal fees for bringing a claim against an employ ...

HPC have been fortunate enough to discuss with Agent Marketing how they have centred 'Employee Engagement & Wellbeing' in ...

How to support staff affected by SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).   The temperature is dropping, the daylight hours ar ...

HPC Law Update: Employment Tribunal Time Limits.   The time limits for bringing a claim before the employment Tribunal a ...

How to support transgender employees in the workplace.   Workforces across the country are made up of a diverse group of ...

64% Increase in Employment Tribunals   Employment Tribunal.   An employment tribunal (ET) case is not a process any ...

How to make sure employees have a healthy work-life balance all year long.   The 7th – 11th of October 2019 saw the popu ...

HPC Law Update: Brexit & Suspending Employees   Litigants in person Following the abolition in payment of fees for E ...

How to manage an employee who has started a ‘side hustle’.   With new opportunities like internet and digital innovation ...

How to support employee wellbeing (without telling them) In December 2009, Dr Anne Thornpike and her team of colleagues had a ...

Judge finds women was unreasonably dismissed after IVF treatment.   A recent employment tribunal case has finalised, in ...

Employment Law Update | September 2019 Equal Pay Claims   Employers are often concerned about equal pay and there have b ...

What you're doing wrong as an interviewer ? We all know that the job interview is a way of life to gain employment.  It’s wha ...

Fighting against sexual harassment at the workplace. Sexual harassment within the workplace has taken the spotlight in recent ...

When should an employer become aware of an employees disability? A recent Employee Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has resulted in the ...

Agreement to change   In last month’s article, I wrote about the importance of changes in the contracts of employment an ...

5 little known tips that could affect your business growth.   In a complex business environment, it can be easy to overl ...

The Bigger Picture with NDA’s NDA's Introduction   Non-disclosure agreements (NDA's) cases have become a prominent talki ...

Updated Timescales for responding to a subject access request. As of the 15th of August 2019 the Court of Justice for the Eur ...

Support & HR for Employees with Gambling Problems.   Gambling Addiction   With “Game week 1” of the Barclays Pr ...

FTSE 100 LGBT+ Diversity Failure. Following the ‘LGBT+ Price Festival’ in Liverpool, the prominence of LGBT+ diversity issues ...

Is HR prepared for a ‘NO-deal’ Brexit? With the uncertainty of the implications a ‘NO-deal’ Brexit will have on UK businesses ...

Lifelong Learning: Making the most of your commute As Regional Director for Business for Breakfast I travel around Cheshire a ...

New laws to reduce the use of NDAs   With the implementation of new laws surrounding NDAs, employees will now be able to ...

Employment cases still increasing   According to official figures released by the Advisory, conciliation and Arbitration ...

Working during the hot weather With the UK in the middle of a heatwave and reports suggesting that we may see further increas ...

Are businesses ready to be transparent about CEO pay?   New regulations have been established for businesses with regard ...

British Airways suffer  very costly data breach British Airways is facing the prospect of having to pay a record fine of £183 ...

The top 5 employment law cases in June   June has seen the UK bask in some of the best weather we have experienced in ye ...

Sex Discrimination Article   This month we saw the Advertising Standards Agency’s anticipated ban on ‘harmful gender ste ...