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The latest binge watch for many of us at GQ|Littler was Netflix hit, ”America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders”, which follows a year in the life of NFL's Dallas Cowboys cheerleading team.

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and equal pay: what the hit Netflix show tells us about

  • September 18, 2024
  • 10 min read

How should an employer respond when an employee is accused, charged or convicted of a crime?

(Allegedly) criminal employees: how to handle the related HR issues

  • August 29, 2024
  • 5 min read

We now have the EHRC’s updated guidance on sexual harassment, and employers duty to take “reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment of their employees in the course of their employment.

New duty to prevent sexual harassment – guidance for employers

  • August 29, 2024
  • 5 min read

Under the previous Home Secretary, James Cleverly, minimum salary thresholds for Skilled Worker visas were raised significantly and the 20% discount for shortage occupations were eliminated.

What immigration changes can employers expect from the Labour government?

  • August 28, 2024
  • 10 min read

Welcome to our new bi-monthly series, where we compare employment law and practice from an international perspective, drawing on the experience of local and international employment lawyers who deal with these issues every day.

Cross-border legal perspectives: comparing the UK and Germany’s approaches to unfair dismissal

  • August 28, 2024
  • 10 min read

This Disability Pride Month, we look to the past, present and future to examine how rights for people with disabilities in the workplace have developed and could develop further, before giving some practical steps for employers.

Awareness to action: the progress and future of UK disability laws

  • July 30, 2024
  • 5 min read

Under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, all employers will have a brand new duty to proactively take "reasonable steps" to prevent sexual harassment of their employees in the course of their employment.

New duty to prevent sexual harassment – how can you comply?

  • June 27, 2024
  • 5 min read

Ben Smith Stephanie Compson 20th June 2024 The UK general election on 4 July is inching nearer and the parties have launched their manifestos, setting out their plans for the next government.

Election news: Labour – all “change” for employment law

  • June 20, 2024
  • 15 min read

In Ajao, the EAT has, for the first time, given some helpful guidance on the complex interactions between the framework for privacy orders in the tribunal (in the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure and Employment Tribunals Act 1996) and the protection set out in the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2002.

Anonymity in employment tribunal cases: allegations of sexual misconduct and sexual offences

  • June 5, 2024
  • 10 min read

Where are we now with flexible working? Remote and hybrid working are flexible working arrangements that have increased following the Covid pandemic and it’s associated lockdowns.

The new flexible working regime: how will this impact remote and hybrid work?

  • May 30, 2024
  • 1 min read