Employment Law

Harrison Drury’s employment and HR team, details some practical steps employers may look to take to address a changing workplace during the current coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. Article last updated March…

Harrison Drury’s employment law team, outlines the latest coronavirus guidance for employers and explores some of the HR and legal issues. Article last updated March 17 Yesterday’s instruction from government…

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced his first budget and, as expected, the coronavirus outbreak has taken centre stage. Harrison Drurys employment law team, looks at the measures that affect employers.…

Harrison Drury’s employment and HR team, details some practical steps employers can take to manage potential staff sickness and absence linked to the coronavirus outbreak. With new cases of the…

Harrison Drurys employment team, outlines the government plans to gather data on the prevalence of sexual harassment in the workplace. The Government Equalities Office (GEO) is launching a survey to…

As we approach ‘exit day’ from Europe on October 31, 2019, it is vital that UK businesses consider the extent to which they rely on, and benefit from, employing EU…

Harrison Drury's employment and regulatory team, considers the implications of the Court of Appeal decision in The Harpur Trust v Lesley Brazel & UNISON [2019] EWCA Civ 1402 for part-year…

Following last year’s changes to data protection laws and the enhanced focus on privacy, Harrison Drury’s employment and regulatory team, looks at the implications of monitoring employees in the work…

Lucy Blezard, of Harrison Drury’s employment and regulatory team, looks at the significance of the decision made in Uber’s appeal against drivers’ rights to pay and holiday, and why the…

The flexible, fixed-fee employment service for your business Companies of all sizes now retain external HR services. This allows them to maintain a lean operation while being able to scale…

Nothing stays the same for long in the world of people management and employment law, you never quite know what is going to happen next. We saw the abolition of…

Harrison Drury’s employment team explain how you should respond to an employment tribunal claim and how you can protect your business in the first place now that employment tribunal fees…

Following the recent supreme court ruling where the current employment tribunal fees were found to be unlawful, the employment team at Harrison Drury explore how employers can minimise their risk.…

The supreme court has made a landmark decision today which will see the government abolish employment tribunal fees. The employment team at Harrison Drury explore what this ruling could mean…

The Taylor review of modern working practices has been published by the government this week. Our employment team look at the seven key recommendations and the possible implications these could…

Changes to the National Minimum Wage come into affect on 1 April 2017. The Employment team details the main changes and what it means for employers. What are the changes…

From April 2017, private sector firms with more than 250 staff will be required by law to calculate and report on the gender pay gap within their organisation. The Employment…

With tougher sentences and fines for health and safety offences starting to bite, Harrison Drury’s David Edwards, offers some advice for how businesses can take a proactive approach to minimising…