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HR & Safety Newsletter No 77: Home and Hybrid Working in 2025: Essential Updates
As we step into 2025, the way we work continues to evolve. For many employers, home and hybrid working has become integral to the modern...

Rosalie Collins
Jan 303 min read
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HR Newsletter No 167: New Year, New Promotion?
A change in job role or internal promotion can be a great way for businesses to retain their top performing people in their organisation....

Rosalie Collins
Jan 164 min read
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HR Newsletter No 166: Employment Law Changes in 2025
There are some important changes to statutory rates of pay that the Government have already announced, to take effect in 2025. National...

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Jan 74 min read
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Safety Newsletter No 76 - The HSE published 2023/24 statistics for fatal injuries at work
The HSE has published the 2023/24 statistics for fatal injuries at work.

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Sep 23, 20243 min read
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HR Newsletter No 163 – Are you properly prepared for a Subject Access Request?
Subject Access Requests (or SARs) are increasingly being used as a powerful tool in a disgruntled employee’s armoury

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Jul 22, 20243 min read
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HR Newsletter No 162 – Holiday Carry Over
From 1st January 2024, the Government introduced holiday pay and entitlement reforms.

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Jun 26, 20243 min read
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HR Newsletter No 161 – Vento Guidelines Annual Update
The President of the Employment Tribunals has issued the annual update to the Vento guidelines

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Apr 8, 20244 min read
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HR Newsletter No 160 - Further Statutory Figures – April 2024
In addition to the previously published statutory pay increases for 2024

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Mar 5, 20241 min read
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HR Newsletter No 159 - Upcoming Changes to Statutory Paternity Leave
Paternity leave has been around for a long time, since 2002, but the Government will be shortly introducing new rules

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Feb 1, 20243 min read
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Safety Newsletter No 75 - Amendments to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Effective from 1st October 2023, several amendments to the Fire Safety Order (FSO) have been enacted.

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Jan 29, 20242 min read
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Safety Newsletter No 74 - Summary of HSE's Annual Work-Related Fatalities, Health and Injury Statistics
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) of Great Britain’s annual statistics on work-related fatalities, ill health and workplace injuries for

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Jan 22, 20243 min read
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HR Newsletter No 158 - Employment Changes in 2024
There are some important changes to statutory rates of pay that the Government have already announced, to take effect in 2024.

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Jan 16, 20247 min read
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HR Newsletter No 156 - Right to Work Checks
How can you ensure that your business is doing everything right when it comes to Right to Work Checks?

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Aug 31, 20234 min read
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HR Newsletter No 155 - Conducting Proper Workplace Investigations
Many of us are busy striking items from our ‘Important and Urgent’ to do lists, as holidays approach, or business deadlines loom large.

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Aug 16, 20233 min read
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Safety Newsletter No 73 - Climate Change - a reality
Climate change and global warming are now regular topics on our news platforms of choice,

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Jul 18, 20234 min read
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Newsletter No 152 - The Right to be Accompanied at Grievance Meetings - Update
An employee who is invited to attend a grievance meeting has the right, under the Employment Relations Act 1999,

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Mar 1, 20235 min read
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Safety Newsletter No 72 - HSE Guidance on long-term health conditions and disabled workers
One of the biggest challenges facing small employers revolves around managing the long term sick and the disabled.

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Dec 14, 20225 min read
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Safety Newsletter No 71 - The New Fire Safety Act
There have been some significant changes to fire safety, through the Fire Safety Act 2021 which came into force on 16th May 2022.

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Jul 4, 20222 min read
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Safety Newsletter No 70 - Protecting us all?
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently published a 10-year strategic plan “Protecting People and Places”

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
Jun 16, 20224 min read
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Safety Newsletter No 69 - Hybrid Working
Many companies are continuing to debate hybrid working, and whether it should be introduced permanently as part of a normal way of working.

Cathy Norton BSc FCIPD CMIOSH LLM
May 18, 20223 min read
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