Article Categories All Categories Company/Commercial Coronavirus Employment Law Employment Law Resources Family Intellectual Property News Regulatory and Crime Latest News Category: News In-house training Morgan LaRoche are pleased to offer a variety of training courses that can be delivered in-house. Click here to access our up to date list of courses. For information about… Read More UK Retailers named and shamed for failing to pay NMW WH Smith, Argos and Marks and Spencer have been named alongside over 200 UK companies for failing to pay the statutory minimum wage to their employees. The list issued by… Read More Record rise in demand for dispute resolution services from ACAS The Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) is an independent, impartial organisation mandated to liaise with both parties to an employment dispute with regard to possible settlement. In its annual… Read More Tribunal awards £100k compensation for gender-critical belief discrimination In June 2021 the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that gender critical beliefs (such as the belief that sex is biological and absolute) were philosophical beliefs and were consequently protected… Read More Two-thirds of Women Sexually Harassed at Work “Sexual harassment and bullying have no place in modern workplaces” says TUC General Secretary Paul Nowa after a recent TUC poll revealed that three in five women have experienced sexual… Read More Long-term sickness: 2.55m unable to work. Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that 2.55 million people in the UK are not at work because of long-term sickness, meaning that for every 13… Read More Reform: Handling flexible working requests In light of the forthcoming changes to the flexible working provisions set out in the Employment Rights Act 1996, ACAS has initiated a consultation and issued a revised draft Code… Read More Campaigners call for four-day working week. Coining the term ‘Burnout Britain’, the 4 Day Week Campaign Group has released a mini-manifesto ahead of the 2024 General Election which calls for amendments to the Working Time Regulations… Read More Shared Parental Leave: The Statistics Only 1% of eligible mothers and 5% of eligible fathers take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) according to a recent report issued by the Department of Business and Trade. SPL… Read More McDonald’s second wave of sexual harassment allegations February 2023 saw fast food giant McDonald’s sign a legal agreement with the EHRC in a bid to improve its handing of workplace sexual harassment complaints. However, 5 months on,… Read More Why do women leave the workforce prematurely? The British Standards Institution has conducted a survey of over 5,000 women across the UK, USA, Australia, China and Japan to determine why women prematurely leave the workforce. Of the… Read More The ‘Right to Disconnect’ Ahead of the 2024 general election, the Labour Party has hinted at the inclusion of a ‘right to disconnect’ within their manifesto which, if implemented, would limit employers from contacting… Read More Ethical Veganism In the case of Owen v Willow Tower Opco 1 Ltd ET/2400073/2022, the Employment Tribunal found that a care home worker’s alleged belief in ethical veganism was not genuinely held… Read More Career ramifications for almost half of menopausal employees A recent survey of 1,001 employees has revealed that 44% of menopausal employeeswho have experienced symptoms linked to the menopause, do not divulge the information for fear of it negatively… Read More Eight employers ‘named and shamed’ for failing to report gender pay gap. Amaris Hospitality Limited and The Contact Company Ltd are two of the eight organisations named and shamed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) for failing to report on… Read More LGBT+ policies not enough to ensure inclusion Although LGBT+ workers are protected by law from discrimination, harassment and bullying, a recent report published by the TUC shows that despite the progress of recent decades, many LGBT+ workers… Read More £100,000 in compensation for gender critical belief discrimination The case of Forstater v CGD Europe and others has been a high-profile case attracting significant media attention and following a recent remedies hearing, the case once again attracted the… Read More AI in the workplace With the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), there is currently an ongoing debate about the advantages and disadvantages of AI. Whilst some experts believe the use of AI will… Read More A fall in trade union membership Despite the long-term effects of Covid-19 and the challenging economic climate, recent figures published by the Government shows that trade union membership fell for the second consecutive year in 2022.… Read More Expansion into Ceredigion and the Mid Wales region Morgan LaRoche, a commercial legal practice based in Swansea and Carmarthen, is set to further develop its practice in Mid & West Wales. The firm has recently appointed Catherine Byers,… Read More Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 Next page
