An NHS Trust has paid out £187,000 in compensation to a group of nurses who won a tribunal case over its policy to allow trans women in female changing rooms. The nurses, who worked at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, won their harassment claim against their employer in January this year. The panel
Perhaps the most contentious and complex reform in the Employment Rights Act is the government’s efforts to end ‘exploitative zero-hours contracts’. Rob Moss examines ministers’ plans for ‘guaranteed hours’ and what still remains unknown Despite calls to ban zero-hour contracts altogether, policymakers were persuaded that the flexibility they provided certain workers was of value, so
An Andy Burnham-led government needs to see fixing workplace ill health as ‘one of the biggest opportunities we have to drive growth’, Sir Charlie Mayfield, author of the Keep Britain Working review has said. Sir Charlie was speaking the day after prime minster Sir Keir Starmer announced his intention to resign, with former Manchester mayor
This month’s episode of the Personnel Today HR Podcast, brought to you by Deel, looks at one of the most complex aspects of the Employment Rights Act 2025 – guaranteed hours. Are the government’s plans to end one-sided flexibility in zero-hours contracts workable? Employment law expert Darren Newman joins the PT team to unpick the
The government needs to give young people a ‘hand up, not a hand out’, according to former work and pensions secretary Lord Blunkett. Speaking at the Social Mobility Commission’s annual symposium yesterday (23 June), the former Labour cabinet minister called for the new prime minister to cut through the “inertia” in systems that are preventing
An AI-driven law firm has successfully sued a hospitality business over unpaid fees to a freelance HR consultant. Garfield AI, which became the first AI law firm to be approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last year, was instructed to draft legal letters and submit a case for Tamires Camal Taquidir. The case was
Businesses are keeping a tight hold on pay budgets amid ongoing concerns about political uncertainty and inflation, according to the latest predictions from Brightmine. The median basic pay award for the three months to May and year to May was 3.2%, with most pay deals clustering between 3% and 4%, it said. More than half
The government has announced that any ‘detriment’ suffered by striking workers will be prohibited under reforms in the Employment Rights Act 2025, rather than ministers creating a prescribed list of prohibited disadvantages. The Department for Business and Trade has now published its response to the consultation it launched in February, and has chosen its preferred
After Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation as Labour Party leader, and an expectation that Andy Burnham’s will be prime minister within weeks, what would a government led by the former mayor of Manchester mean for employers? With Wes Streeting now backing Andy Burnham, and only a slim possibility that any other Labour MP would garner the
Four in 10 employers provide no training. Rather than blaming universities for not producing work-ready graduates, should businesses reconsider their own role in skilling up the workforce, asks Dr Fadime Sahin? As universities face relentless pressure over graduate employability, the government’s own data tells a different and more troubling story: employer investment in workplace development
