Age discrimination remains one of the most frequently litigated areas of workplace equality law in the UK. Unlike some other protected characteristics, age discrimination can affect employees at every stage of their career — from young applicants entering the workforce to senior employees approachin

An individual’s employment status affects both their statutory rights and your risk exposure as an employer. Employee shareholder status is a specific legal status where an individual remains an employee but is issued shares in the employing company (or its parent) in return for giving up certain st

Paying employees correctly is a fundamental legal obligation under UK employment law. Even a small payroll miscalculation can expose an employer to claims for unlawful deduction of wages, breach of contract or regulatory enforcement under minimum wage legislation. For employer-facing guidance on pay

Section 98 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 sits at the heart of UK unfair dismissal law. Whenever an employment tribunal considers whether a dismissal was fair, it turns to section 98 to determine whether the employer had a legally valid reason and whether they acted reasonably in relying on that

Social media in the workplace is no longer a peripheral HR issue. It sits at the intersection of UK employment law, reputational risk, discrimination liability and data protection compliance. For UK employers, the legal exposure created by social media at work is real and increasingly scrutinised by

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