Employment

What extra steps should employers take when employees deal with third parties? In this week’s NLJ, Vanessa Kelly, principal associate at Eversheds Sutherland, dissects the new legal duty on employers to proactively protect employees from sexual harassment, including from third parties, which took effect in October 2024.

Vanessa Kelly outlines the new duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment & how this should impact their dealings with third parties

Did the Supreme Court ask for a can of worms for Christmas? Ian Smith wraps up the year in employment law with some final twists & turns

With angry farmers hitting the headlines, William Gibson recalls an earlier story of rural revolt & how justice was finally served

Charles Pigott outlines key employment measures contained within the government’s Employment Rights Bill

Ian Smith combs through four cases addressing important issues of interpretation…including the reach of sexual harassment law

Circuit judges have been granted an extension to their powers in family proceedings, as reported by former district judge Stephen Gold in this week’s ‘Civil way’

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has abolished non-doms and raised national insurance for medium and large employers in a dramatic budget that aims to raise an extra £40bn in taxes

The government is seeking views on how to apply the ban on exploitative zero hours contracts to the one million temporary agency workers in the UK

Harry Sheehan on why the Supreme Court’s guidance on the common law test for employment status was much needed