What to do if your employee leaves to join a competitor
With job vacancies remaining high, how can businesses prevent an employee from leaving to join…
May 25, 2023 By Laura McFadyen
Gender Reassignment Discrimination – Transgender Employment Rights
What is Gender Reassignment Discrimination? When an individual is subjected to unfair or unequal treatment…
May 23, 2023 By Stephens Scown
Bank holiday – King’s coronation
2022 saw two extra bank holidays for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in May, followed…
May 23, 2023 By Stephens Scown
Extra bank holiday for the Queen’s funeral – are my employees entitled?
Following the deeply saddening news of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing on 8th September, a period…
May 23, 2023 By Stephens Scown
Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday – must you give employees the day off?
It has been announced that there will be a four-day weekend to celebrate the Queen’s…
May 23, 2023 By Stephens Scown
Is veganism protected in employment law?
In 2020, an Employment Tribunal considered at a preliminary hearing whether veganism should be protected…
May 10, 2023 By Carrianne Matta
Investigate or be investigated! A practical guide on workplace investigations
Problems can arise in any business and when they do arise, it may be unclear…
April 19, 2023 By Stephens Scown
Staff engagement crucial for growth
Successfully managing your workforce is one of the keys to productivity and growth. It’s also…
April 19, 2023 By Ellie Hibberd
Welcome Aboard!
Employers will know that employees are no longer staying in jobs for life with the…
March 30, 2023 By Stephens Scown
Employer monitoring of hybrid/home workers – what is acceptable?
Nearly three years after many office-based workers first went home to work as part of…
March 8, 2023 By Mark Roby
Employee suspension – is it the right thing to do?
We regularly hear of employers, in the marine sector or otherwise, suspending their employees when…
January 25, 2023 By Carrianne Matta
Get to know your legal advisor – Mark Roby
In this series, we introduce some of the people that make up Stephens Scown. We…
January 10, 2023 By Mark Roby