Many of the businesses we work with are seeing a surge in receiving Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) from their employees. Under the data protection legislation in the UK, any individual has a right…
Articles by ‘Lauren Harkin’
Run in partnership with Henlee Resourcing, RWK Goodman’s Employment and HR team would love you to join us for our Employment Law workshops for HR professionals. Wanting to encourage conversation and collaboration, we are…
This week, following days of mounted speculation, veteran news anchor Huw Edwards was named as the BBC presenter accused of a string of allegations, including paying a young person for sexually explicit photos. He…
The 2nd – 8th December 2022 is National Grief Awareness Week. The purpose of the campaign is to normalise grief, better equip those who are currently experiencing grief and to raise awareness for those…
This week (9 – 15 October) is national baby loss awareness week 2022. It marks a time for those that have lost babies as well as families and friends affected by baby loss, to…
With temperatures set to soar well over 30°C in parts of the UK this week and beyond, whether employees work from home, in an office or another workplace, rumours often circulate about employees’ rights…
On 17 March 2022 news broke that P&O Ferries (“P&O”) had made almost 800 of its maritime staff redundant. Although P&O have quashed rumours of ‘taser-trained security guards with handcuffs forcibly removing workers’, it…
IKEA, Next and Ocado have all recently announced that they will reduce the sick pay entitlement for some unvaccinated staff who are required to self-isolate after close contact with someone infected with Covid-19. These…
Over recent years, we have seen growing trends of older workers choosing to retire later for different reasons – with money being a motivator for many, there is the added issue that with longer…
Towards the end of last year Marks & Spencer were the latest retail chain to introduce optional preferred pronouns on their staff badges, and, as announced on LinkedIn, the retailer is “encouraging as many…
Wherever your organisation falls in the hybrid / flexible / home working spectrum, it is a truth universally acknowledged by HR professionals that changing working patterns is an issue we all will have to…