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Employment Rights Act: Preparing for change: New harassment measures extend protections for employees

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Protection of employees from harassment, and sexual harassment in particular, has been a dynamic area in recent times and a clear area of focus for the current government. In October 2024, the new duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace took effect, imposing wide-ranging and onerous obligations on employers to […]

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An Introduction to ESG for HR Professionals: Article 2 – Environment

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In our previous article we introduced our latest Be Aware series ‘An Introduction to ESG for HR Professionals’. As we dive deeper into the key considerations of each ‘letter’ in the acronym, the first of these ESG pillars we are considering is E for ‘Environment’. It goes without saying that the climate emergency is vast,

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