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Menopause Meets Tribunal
How should employment tribunals make determinations on preliminary issues in discrimination claims? With careful and reasoned analysis...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 16, 20232 min read


Can employers force the vaccine on employees?
Employers can strongly encourage employees to accept the vaccination. Across all settings, employers are obliged under the Health and...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 15, 202310 min read


Tribunal awards £185k for failure to allow flexible working
A report in the BBC News , after a tribunal ruled that her employer had failed to consider reasonably her request to work a four day...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 14, 20234 min read


Mental Health Matters!
If you don’t make time for your mental health, you’ll have to make time for your mental illness. It has recently been reported that an...
Bryan Palmer
Aug 14, 20231 min read


Returning to the Workplace - are YOU ready?
At The Affable Partnership we believe in making sure you have all the tools to look after your employees, no matter the circumstance. So,...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 14, 20232 min read


Conflict Costs!
In May this year ACAS published a report "Estimating the Cost of Workplace Conflict". The report reveals some surprising statistics with...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 14, 20231 min read


£2.5m Discrimination Awarded to Employee
A recent employment tribunal heard how an employee, who worked for a large US tech company, had written some defensive emails to his...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 14, 20233 min read


COVID goes to Court!
With the world beginning to open up after over a year, we have seen one of the first Employment Tribunals in relation to the virus. An...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 14, 20234 min read


As We Emerge
We know these are uncertain times and know that some need to know more, so here’s our hints & tips to help guide you along….As the plans...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 10, 20234 min read


Get in Quick & CELEBRATE!
Its time to book your place for the last event of 2020 at our Connect with the Expert session! Join Kevin Jones, Helen Arney, Bryan...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 10, 20231 min read


Sunak announces a further extension to the CJRS
Just days after announcing the CJRS starting, Sunak and HM Treasury announced a further extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 10, 20232 min read


HM Treasury Announces Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Extended
HM Treasury has announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), will be extended in order to provide support to businesses...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 10, 20232 min read


Government contribution to employers’ wage costs to increase
HM Treasury has today announced that the Government contribution to employers’ wage costs under the Job Support Scheme (JSS) will be...
Laura Bowyer
Aug 10, 20231 min read


New Guidance on Flexible Furlough
On 12th June 2020, HMRC published further updates to the official guidance on the CJRS. It now includes details of how the scheme will...
Laura Bowyer
Jul 19, 20231 min read


Latest Government Guidance
Since Boris' further speech last night, we now have the 50 page document which was referred to for assisting employers returning from...
Laura Bowyer
Jul 19, 20231 min read


Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - CJRS
We wanted to keep you updated, we have been informed that the Job Retention Scheme will be up and running from 20th April 2020. The CJRS...
Laura Bowyer
Jul 19, 20231 min read


STOP PRESS! Latest Update on the CJRS and Furlough Workers
Over the weekend HMRC and the government has issued more and amending guidance on the CJRS and furlough workers. These are some of the...
Laura Bowyer
Jul 19, 20232 min read


What Does Furlough Mean?
Here’s some clarity, a new UK term in HR and Employment Law, known as employees on a leave of absence. The Coronavirus Job Retention...
Laura Bowyer
Jul 19, 20232 min read


Furlough Q&A
Can employees who elected to take unpaid leave to be able to look after their children home from school or nursery be put on furlough...
Laura Bowyer
Jul 19, 20233 min read


It's OK, We've Got You
We just wanted to say that the health and safety of our workforce, clients, consultants and collaborative support network is our top...
Laura Bowyer
Jul 19, 20231 min read
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