According to UK law, sexual harassment is unwanted conduct or behaviour related to sex, or of a sexual nature, which has the purpose or effect of: violating the other’s dignity, or creating an ...

Christophe Sarran, a Senior Health Research Scientist at the Met Office, talks about how his work helps to protect public health and quality of life, and how the Met Office is much more than just the ...

Bullying can manifest itself in many obvious ways, such as shouting at staff in public and/or private, instantaneous rages, ‘nit-picking’, personal insults and name-calling, persistent criticism or ...

There has been a development in the level of compensation provided by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) that may affect members’ whose accrued pension rights exceeded the PPF cap on compensation. In ...

Employees and employers cannot agree to opt out of the protection that TUPE affords. For example, a clause stating that contracts of employment would not transfer, even though there was a relevant ...

Are you finding that juggling the demanding hours, unpredictable nature and irregular schedules of film production with personal commitments at home is challenging? Written by industry professionals ...

The regulations apply where an undertaking, or part of one, is transferred from one person or organisation to another, or where there is a change of service provider. The first factor in determining ...

The genuinely self-employed are excluded from all statutory employment rights. However, they do have contractual rights in if they have agreements to undertake a job. Self-employment is where the ...

Flexible working is when an employee’s working pattern reflects their needs. This could include working from home, or different start and finish times. Although it is particularly common for parents ...

All employees who have been employed for 26 weeks or more have the right to request flexible working. Under the legislation, employees can ask for their contracts to be varied to change: hours of work ...

TUPE means that if there is a transfer of undertakings, employees’ contracts are transferred to the new employer. What transfers? After the transfer is completed, all the transferor’s responsibilities ...

Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employments) – otherwise known as TUPE – is legislation that aims to safeguard employees’ rights when a business or organisation transfers to a new employer.