Following the launch of a discussion paper by the UK financial services regulators, Kevin Poulter joined Michelle Dewberry of GB News to discuss the slow progress of diversity in the sector and steps being considered to promote change. The paper, Diversity and inclusion in the financial sector – working together to drive change, is produced … Continue reading
Kevin spoke with Ifeoluwa Taiwo and Property Week about the anticipated return to the office for millions of UK workers as Covid-19 restrictions ease and some normality returns to towns, cities and workplaces. Continue reading
Kevin Poulter joined the BBC’s Your Questions expert panel to provide advice to employees forced to self-isolate on their return to the UK after holidays. Read the article here. Continue reading
Employment Law Partner, Kevin Poulter, discusses employment law aspects of COVID-19, updates to government policies you need to know about and how to manage your employees at this uncertain time. We also cover questions regarding furlough, redundancies, home-working and planning for the post-COVID-19 world. Also covering: What is furlough and what are the obligations of … Continue reading
Kevin talks to the BBC with the latest on UK Employment. Kevin discusses the latest changes for self employed workers and when and how the government plan on paying some employees, that qualify, 80% of their wages. Continue reading
As the government announces its strategy to deal with coronavirus in the UK, Freeths’ employment partner Kevin Poulter spoke to BBC News about the implications for employees and employers. Businesses will be increasingly encouraged to support efforts to contain the virus by making self-isolation for affected employees financially viable and, by doing so, protecting the … Continue reading
A girl who was repeatedly sent home by from school for having an afro received a £8,500 payout in a hair discrimination case last week. Ruby Williams, 18, was awarded the out of court settlement after her family took legal action against The Urswick School in east London, with the backing of the Equality and Human … Continue reading
Not the same job, but a similar job. Adding the same value. Equal pay for equal work. When should people be paid the same and what are the criteria? Are women the only ones losing out? The equal pay issue isn’t new, although it is in the news at the moment across many sectors and … Continue reading
I was recently invited to join a panel at Womanthology‘s inaugural Thought Leaders event. Although the topics of discussion were quite wide-ranging, action points from across all sectors and types of organisation emerged. Although the legal foundations of gender diversity are slow to develop, change is being driven by an ever expanding group of practical activists … Continue reading
Given the regularity of modern divorces it’s no surprise that divorce can have tremendously adverse effects on an employee’s workplace performance, as Holly Barry finds. With around 42% of marriages ending in divorce, it has become increasingly important for businesses to be able to manage divorcing employees to maintain office morale and productivity. In this … Continue reading
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