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AECOM Ltd v Mallon – job applicants need reasonable adjustments too

Home Office detail October fee rises for immigration applications

Non-visible disabilities at work: how to take action and make an impact

Global Non-Compete Reform: At a Glance

Rise in planned redundancies

Spike in redundancies for UK businesses

Trade Union round-up – the Government strikes back (or does it?)

UK illegal working fines triple

Charalambous v National Bank of Greece

Changes to flexible working regime – what employers need to know

GQ|Littler has been shortlisted for Boutique Law Firm of the Year 2023

Letby murders shows importance of taking decisive action

HR employment considerations when facing an M&A deal

Construction workers, students, EU Settlement Scheme: latest Immigration Statement of Changes

Balancing beliefs

Sexual misconduct in the city: fostering better workplace cultures

Sports in the news - What do the employment lawyers think this July?

Don't delay when looking to enforce a non-compete!

Reforming the REULs

Rishi Sunak announces “significant” rise to UK visa fees and Immigration Health Surcharge

Littler Global Guide: United Kingdom - Q2 2023

A legal perspective on neurodiversity

Finance sector makes progress on mental health

Making menopause a protected characteristic: the challenges

Planned redundancies in Ireland increase 89% in six months as cost-of-living crisis continues

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework adopted

Sports in the news - What do the employment lawyers think this June?

“Show me the money” – the EU Pay Transparency Directive comes into effect

An update on employment law reform – bills receive Royal Assent

ICO publishes new DSAR guidance for employers

Regulatory round up – key developments in UK financial services

Key provisions of the new Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023

Sexual harassment allegations - Ryanair chief pilot sacked

European AI Act progresses to the next stage of the legislative process

Untested neurotech a “dire” risk for workers, ICO warns

How to banter at work without harassing your colleagues

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

New ACAS guidance on reasonable adjustments for mental health

Sports in the news – what do the employment lawyers think this May?

Boydell v NZP Ltd and others – a useful reminder on enforceability of restrictive covenants

Fostering an inclusive workplace: neurodiversity

CJEU case on DSARs: summaries of information not enough!

66 claims related to ‘banter’ were heard by the Employment Tribunals last year

By-passing the union - yes or no?

UK Employment Law Reform – horizon scanning of employment Bills

A deep dive into recent pension tax changes in the UK

Belief discrimination – an effective employer defence

Data protection vs. legal proceedings – which wins?

Gary Lineker v IR35 – are partnerships caught by the IR35 regime?

Positive action: a case for reform of discrimination legislation

A continued shift towards greater control for workers over their working patterns?

Australia’s data breach worries: three quick lessons for the EU/UK

April updates to statutory rates

UK work immigration changes that employers should be aware of

Sports in the news - What do the employment lawyers think this March?

Number of UK fit notes increases 11% to hit record high 10.4m

BBC free-speech saga

Sexual harassment law: Employers to gain new responsibilities

How the growing “body doubling” trend can help ADHD employees

New rights for parents means rethinking redundancies

Tribunals hit by backlog

International Women’s Day 2023 – What’s changed (and changing) in the UK and Europe

An interview with ChatGPT

Tweet… Tweet… Unfair Dismissal: the importance of workplace social media policies

Sports in the news - What do the employment lawyers think this February?

Tech sector faces uncertainty over Global Talent visa following Tech Nation’s demise

New draft Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement

Employee side hustles: what are the risks for employers?

Disputes relating to discrimination of transgender employees more than double in past year

GQ|Littler's Redundancy Toolkit

The Global Guide Quarterly - United Kingdom (Quarter 4, 2022)

What does the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill mean for UK employment law?

Key employment law trends for 2023

Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

Sports in the news - What do the employment lawyers think this January?

UK visa waiting times are reduced as priority services are reinstated for family members

New year’s data privacy resolutions

Redundancy payment gets wannabe impersonator "All Shook Up"

Employment tribunals suffer severe post-Covid delays in England and Wales

Misconduct in Financial Services

GQ|Littler supports The Felix Project's Empty Plate Emergency Appeal

Planned redundancies increase by 15% in last quarter

190 flexible working employment disputes in the past year – numbers continue to grow

Planned redundancies up 46 per cent in financial services

New NHS guidance could help employers “break the stigma” of menopause

Santa’s workshop and his elves: 2022 – that’s a wrap!

Littler ranked in the International Employment Lawyer’s 2022 IEL Elite

Sports in the news – what do the employment lawyers think this November?

Immigration: reform of employers’ reporting duties and immigration skills charge exemptions

Black v Pat Drain Barbers: Pregnancy discrimination during maternity leave

New bill could mean employers liable for third party harassment

Autumn Statement round-up

Budget Hokey Cokey

Disabled workers lose out as widening pay gap persists throughout their careers

Soutien aux salariées ayant fait une fausse couche

The Employer's Guide to Europe's Inflation

GQ|Littler is ranked in The Times Best Law Firms 2023

Littler wins "European Specialist Law Firm of the Year"

Littler opens Hawaii office with addition of Wayne Yoshigai as Shareholder

Worker harassed for side hustle wins £22,000 tribunal claim

La crise économique continue au Royaume-Uni

Minimum service levels bill

GQ|Littler has moved up to Band 2 in Chambers and Partners UK

Ethnicity pay gap reporting still fraught with complications as calls for new law grow

European Employers Caught Between Desire for In-Person Work and Need to Provide Flexibility, Littler Survey Finds

Redundancies dip by a third but gloomy outlook may mean rise is ‘inevitable’

How to take action this Black History Month and beyond

From under the sea to the C Suite: what we can learn from the backlash against The Little Mermaid

Les jours fériés

GQ|Littler has moved to Tier 2 in the 2023 Legal 500 UK Rankings

Discrimination because of protected beliefs: what do employers need to know?

Les impôts pour les salariés à l’étranger

The new Scale-up visa has launched

Littler expands to Demark, adds partner Bo Enevold Uhrenfeldt

Littler Europe has been shortlisted for the 2022 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe awards

“Quiet quitting” – la résignation silencieuse : un phénomène croissant

How should employers react to the UK government’s recent announcements around menopause?

Tribunal hearings: What to do if you have a witness abroad

How to create a winning environment for women in your workplace

DEI training hits the headlines

Kong v Gulf International Bank (UK) and Whistleblowers

Women’s health, the workplace and ‘big data’ – what’s the connection?

Une augmentation de grèves au Royaume-Uni

Le calcul des jours de vacances

Ireland’s new whistleblower law

Le congé pour les soins néonataux

Long-COVID capable of being a disability under the Equality Act

Irish court rules on lawfulness of use of CCTV in disciplinary proceedings

Protection légale des pourboires en Angleterre

Une canicule en Angleterre

Planned redundancies down by a fifth

Harpur Trust v Brazel and Holiday Pay

The risks of sexual harassment in the metaverse

Unions in UK call for law on maximum workplace temperature

Fit notes issued by GPs increase 17% to record high 10.3 million in 2021

Les travailleurs indépendants

Les clauses non-concurrence

UK trials four-day week

Diversity in leadership: Top tips for employers

UK to shift away from GDPR

Global COVID-19 At a Glance Guides

Sponsor sanctions

Nouveau visa anglais pour les diplômés

Un nouvel arrêt dans le domaine des licenciements constructifs

La semaine de quatre jours

Le congé menstruel

Plus de 20% des employeurs au Royaume-Uni prévoient d’obliger leurs salariés à être vaccinés, selon un sondage publié par ACAS

Menstrual leave – a period of change?

High Potential Individual Visas allow employers a new unsponsored route to hire top graduates

Sexual harassment in the workplace: what measures can employers take?

“One size fits all” data retention policies: a unicorn for international employers?

L’Intelligence Artificielle au Travail

Planned redundancies up by 60 per cent as interest rates and borrowing costs rise

Employment tribunal: use of word ‘bald’ can amount to sex-based harassment

Employment Bill dropped from Queen’s Speech again, prolonging uncertainty for employers

The Littler Annual Employer Survey 2022

Le handicap au lieu de travail

Lawsuits regarding 'workplace banter' increased by 40%

UK employment tribunal cases relating to ‘banter’ up 45% in a year

New right to work checks for those on the Ukraine Family or Homes for Ukraine Schemes

A Home Run for Women Working in Sport

April updates to statutory rates come into effect

UK data privacy regulator publishes guidance following relaxation of covid measures

Data transfer to the US: is Privacy Shield 2.0 in the making?

Le transfert de salariés dans les ventes d’actifs

Le droit aux jours de congés payés

La période d’essai

What UK immigration routes can Ukraine refugees and their employers, family and friends use?

Number of planned redundancies in the UK doubles in a month to 18,040

Five steps to forming successful EDI committees

Flexible working requests increase by over 50%

Mercer v Alternative Future Group

Getting to the “why” in gender pay gap reporting

Statutory fire and rehire code set to be published

No mandatory ethnicity pay gap reports (right now)

The Scale-up visa: who will benefit from this new UK immigration route?

Increase in workplace monitoring – how can employers ensure that it is legally compliant?

Sports in the news – what do the employment lawyers think this March?

Women’s Health in the Workplace – what’s next on the agenda?

Le retour au bureau : les employeurs peuvent-ils l’exiger en Angleterre ?

A guide to right to work check changes

New senior associate joins employment law firm GQ|Littler

Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs)

All remaining Covid restrictions in England to be lifted in coming weeks

Three Senior Lawyers join M&A Support Team at employment law firm GQ|Littler

Employee discrimination in the news

LGBTQ+ History Month 2022

Sports in the news - what do the employment lawyers think this February?

Six lawyers at GQ|Littler ranked in Chambers Global Guide

Has ‘fire and re-hire’ been fired?

Holiday pay

HR processes delay Sue Gray Downing Street lockdown parties report

Changes to pre-employment checks on right to work in the UK

Sports in the news - what do the employment lawyers think this January?

Automatically unfair Covid dismissals

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier… junior employee? Theft of confidential information in publishing

January employment law round up

Disciplinary Investigations

Planned redundancies drop 86 per cent from pandemic peak

How can businesses deal with ‘overemployment’?

Some assembly required to follow IKEA’s sick pay cut for unjabbed staff

Lexology interviews GQ|Littler: Remote working in Ireland

New fit note rules add to businesses’ concerns over sick leave

Extension of self-certification period creates headache for employers

Littler Opens Third Office in Mexico with Saltillo Location

EU proposes new legislation to protect “digital labour platform” workers from status misclassification

Office Christmas parties – the good, the bad and the ugly

Sports in the news – what do the employment lawyers think this December?

Santa’s workshop and his elves: 2021 has been a cracking year

Looking back at 2021 and forward to 2022

December 2021 employment law round up

Record number of employees taking employers to court for refusing flexible working requests

The Owen Paterson scandal - what can employers learn?

COVID health and safety breaches at Irish businesses jump 77% in just three months

Number of planned redundancies in the UK drops 86% from pandemic peak a year ago

US firms mandate vaccines while European employers are more cautious

Protecting striking workers

Number of fit notes decline

Lessons in how not to conduct workplace investigations

Sports in the news – what do the employment lawyers think this November?

Post-furlough redundancies fail to materialise

What is the new UK Scale-up visa and who can apply?

November employment law round up

Equal Pay

Littler Survey: Most European Employers Reopening Offices, But Disconnect Emerges with Employees

Yorkshire County Cricket Club Racism Scandal

Kostal UK LTD v Dunkley and others [2021] UKSC 47

Littler Continues Global Growth and Deepens European Presence with Expansion into Portugal

Number of fit notes from doctors drops 16% during Covid

Code switching and inclusivity – beyond Black History Month

October employment law round up

Sports in the news - what do the employment lawyers think this Black History month?

Black hair discrimination in the workplace

All your COVID-19 UK Immigration questions answered

Harassment in the workplace

Migration Advisory Committee makes recommendations for reforms of Intra-Company Transfers

GQ|Littler continues to increase its lawyer rankings in Chambers and Partners UK

How employers can support women going through menopause

Disability discrimination in the workplace

Sportsperson visas and other October UK Immigration Rules changes to be aware of

The Covid Diaries: Day 10 - Travel Edition

The Covid Diaries: Day 9 - Travel Edition

The Covid Diaries: Day 8 - Travel Edition

The Covid Diaries: Day 7 - Travel Edition

The Covid Diaries: Day 6 - Travel Edition

The Covid Diaries: Day 5 - Travel Edition

Long Covid or Burn Out?

The Covid Diaries: Day 4 - Travel Edition

What are the risks of mandatory vaccination policies in the workplace?

September employment law round up

Sports in the news - what do the employment lawyers think?

European Whistleblowing Directive – Need to Know FAQs

GQ|Littler has been recognised as a Leading Firm in The Legal 500 UK 2022

The Covid Diaries: Day 3 - Travel Edition

The Covid Diaries: Day 2 - Travel Edition

The Covid Diaries: Day 1 - Travel Edition

New Ways of Working: answering the biggest employment law questions

Is the UK about to scrap GDPR?

Vaccination Passports: the “will they” or “won’t they” of the summer

The impact of Brexit on the UK workforce

GQ|Littler has been shortlisted for Boutique Law Firm of the Year

Littler Europe has been shortlisted for the Financial Times Europe Innovative Lawyers 2021

Redundancies: managing legal risk

Out with a bang? UK furlough scheme to end 30 September 2021

Long COVID: a disability?

Mandating vaccines

Summer employment law round up

Is Long Covid considered a disability?

IPCC report a wake-up call for employers yet to take action on climate change

Positive discrimination: the case for legal reform

What employers need to know

Remote control – how to deal with remote work requests

Freedom day? Working parents in the ping-demic

Collecting vaccination data across EMEA

Remote working in Ireland - what's changing?

Health and Safety Concerns and Queries

Health and Safety: At a Glance Checklist

Risks of Sanctioning Employees Who Refuse to Work

Tricky Categories of Employees

Social Media outside work: can employers take action?

New Gender Pay Reporting - Ireland

Regulator-backed diversity targets for financial service firms proposed

England unlocked: employers need clarity before government lifts covid restrictions

Flexible working requests

New right to work checks

UK’s Paid Furlough Scheme Starts to Unwind

Collection of employee vaccination data: Irish and UK regulators take different approaches

Right to work checks: new guidance for employers after 1 July

Returning to the Workplace - Our Top Four FAQs

Data breach – Handling personal data breaches

Court rules disabled receptionist denied back office role was unfairly dismissed

Court of Appeal dismisses Deliveroo riders’ claim to collective bargaining

The latest trade union updates

Employees in Ireland to get right to statutory sick pay from 2022

The long road ahead for Tesco store workers

World Whistleblowers Day

Why Pride Month is important to me

Setting the Standard (Contractual Clauses) - another update on the data protection saga

Dismissing employees in the UK

Renowned Labour Lawyer Jorge Sales Boyoli Leads Team Joining Littler in Mexico City

Lessons for employers from BBC Panorama case

Navigating return to the office anxieties

Right to work check news - what to watch out for as social distancing ends

Littler Opens 100th Location with New Belgium Office

Littler | Whistle Protect – a partnership with WhistleB

The Littler Annual Employer Survey 2021

From Awareness to Inclusion

Data Protection Concerns on Return to Work

Data Protection Issues

EU expected to approve UK’s data privacy regime

Scotland the Brave?

Annual updates to statutory rates in a nutshell

Living from work – a right to disconnect in the UK

Can the British Gas example stop you from getting into hot water?

Ireland must rethink its approach to the gig economy

The gig economy in Ireland

Mandatory vaccinations for high-risk workplaces - worth a shot?

Ireland's right to disconnect

How should employers deal with holiday?

Harassment in the headlines - what is it, really?

High Court considers territorial scope of GDPR for the first time

Mandatory vaccines for the workplace: worth a shot?

Lorry driver fairly dismissed for not wearing a face mask - lessons for employers

Republic of Labour Law - Irish HR Updates in March

Lowering the bar to equal pay

A global right to digitally disconnect?

FCA assigns whistleblowers case managers

The Covid Diaries : Day 365 - An Unexpected Journey

Great immigration news for tech, science and fintech sectors competing for world’s best talent

New data shows rise in Employment Tribunal cases

IRELAND: COVID-19 Employer FAQs

Furlough scheme extended until 30 September 2021

New data suggests six-month COVID-related backlog in WRC cases

Landmark ruling found lorry driver fairly dismissed for refusing to wear a face mask

LGBT+ History Month

Irish court clamps down on employee injunctions in landmark judgment

Homeworking: here to stay?

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in February

IR35 – Six key questions, answered

Court of Appeal clamps down on employment injunctions

Ireland appeal court judgment restricts use of injunctions in dismissals

Landmark ruling in Ireland makes injunctions harder for employees

Reports of employees being made to work in the office despite COVID-19 outbreak

Why employers should avoid giving notice on the office lease just yet

The IR35 “off payroll” rules are coming … again

Furlough extended to include parents with childcare responsibilities

Another non-compete bites the dust

COVID-19 Vaccination: Key Questions for Global Employers

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in January

FAQs : The UK's New Immigration System

UK Furlough Scheme FAQs
COVID-19 Vaccination: A Littler Global Guide on Legal & Practical Implications in the Workplace

Employment tribunal claims up 17% due to COVID-19

GQ|Littler opens Ireland office, adds partner Niall Pelly

Brexit and HR : The two-minute read

International transfers of data after Brexit: Old GDPR rules still apply for six-month extension period

The final furlough: what are the pros and cons of re-hiring redundant staff?

Santa’s workshop and his elves: 2020 has been “snow joke”

The Covid Diaries: Day 276 - Starter for Ten

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in December

Forcing employees to get a vaccine: worth a shot?

47 whistleblower reports received by the Financial Conduct Authority

Littler Expands Client Service in Latin America by Teaming with Brazil’s Chiode Minicucci

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) receives two coronavirus-related complaints per week

Five bits of good news for employers from the new DSAR guidance

Is the furlough extension a Brexit safety-net?

Republic of Labour Law - Irish HR Updates in November

Claimants to wait 14 months for court hearings

Research reveals the employment tribunal system has almost ground to a halt

Furlough extended until March 2021 as England re-enters lockdown

Littler Enters 10th European Country

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 12 - Reward Flexibility

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 11 - Pay Less Tax - a company Tesla anyone?

COVID-19: What has changed for employers since March?

Advice for employers with staff working overseas during COVID-19: Act Now!

Postponed changes to IR35

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 10 - Defer Pay

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in October

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 9 - Create Churn

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 8 - Office Closure / Reduce Office Overhead

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 7 - North Shoring

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 6 - Voluntary Exit Package

GQ|Littler wins Legal Week's Future of Legal Services Innovation Award 2020

Home Office warns UK firms to prepare to be able to hire EU staff post-Brexit as most are not ready

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 5 - Time Off

Chambers & Partners puts GQ|Littler among Top 27 employment law firms in the UK

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 4 - Natural Wastage

GQ|Littler has been recognised as a Leading Firm by the Legal 500

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 3 - Reduce Benefits

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 2 - Cut Pay

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs Without Redundancies

12 Ways to Cut HR Costs: Part 1 - Claim Government Help

The Jaguar Land Rover judgement prompts employers to review policies on gender identity

GQ|Littler announces two additions to the Equity Partnership

Who's Who Legal recognises 50+ Littler lawyers

Bearers of bad news: what HR needs to know about insolvency

Brexit and Immigration

Congratulations to our newly qualified associate, Ben Smith

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in September

The Covid diaries: Day 198 – Quarantine, the Inside Joke

Collective Redundancies in Four Clear Stages

UK Government announces successor to the furlough scheme - the Job Support Scheme

European Employers Expect Long-Term Workplace Changes

9-month average wait at employment tribunal

Could employment tribunal delays trigger more settlements?

We’re all [not] going on a summer holiday

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in August

Holiday and Furlough - The Five Minute Guide

Littler Elects Erin Webber as Next Managing Director and President

Insolvency: What does HR need to know?

Preparing for a Fire Sale: Top tips for HR in an Insolvent Business Purchase

Insolvency: Employee Debts and the National Insurance Fund

Tips for employers on sourcing more diverse talent

Track and Trace in Europe : The GDPR Angle

The client view - GQ|Littler meets Erica Humphrey of Salesforce

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in July

Role of Reps and Special Protection

How do you run an election for reps for information and consultation purposes?

Continued backlog in Employment Tribunals

Do You Need to Elect Employee Representatives?

European Court throws out EU-US data transfer regime (again …)

Behind the (face) mask

Reductions in Force FAQs - EU

UK Employer Coronavirus (COVID-19) FAQs

Large Scale Redundancies - Election of Employee Reps

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in June

Black jobs matter: does the law curb positive action?

Black Jobs Matter, Too

Let's Talk About Reps...

Top employers call for change to Flexible Working Requests

Shielded employees to return to work in August

COVID-19: Europe at a Glance

It's not me, it's you: passing the liability buck while working from home

Collective Consultation FAQs - UK

How to cascade your messaging: what George Orwell can teach us about HR

Littler Expands to Poland with 20-Lawyer Firm

What do we do if employees refuse to return to work due to Covid-19?

Balancing the risks: processing health data and keeping employees safe in the workplace

Return to Work: Staying (reasonably) safe and healthy

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in May

The Covid diaries: Day 50 - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

The Covid diaries: Day 49 - Third Quarter Stage

The Covid diaries: Day 48 - The Psychology of Returning to Work
The Covid diaries: Day 47 - Should You Be Reading This Blog?

Are employees who live with a shielded person required to return to work?

The Covid diaries: Day 46 - We can dance if we want to...

The Covid diaries: Day 45 - I Ventured Into the City

Reluctant to return to the office?

The Covid diaries: Day 44 - 1984

The Covid diaries: Day 43 - Office Space

Covid-19 workplace guidance

UK’s exit from lockdown: a disunited kingdom?

The Covid diaries: Day 42 - National Working from Home Day

The Covid diaries: Day 41 - I Like to Ride my Bicycle

The Covid diaries: Day 40 - 40 Days and 40 Nights

Employers face a 'minefield' of legal risks when staff return to work

Could office openings expose employers to legal disputes?

The Covid diaries: Day 39 - May I Have Some More?

The Covid diaries: Day 38 - Hey Ho, Hey Ho ...

The Covid diaries: Day 37 - Wake up sleepy Jean

The Covid diaries: Day 36 - Through the Looking Glass

The Covid diaries: Day 35 - Ground Control to Major Tom

The Covid diaries: Day 34 - The Irish Understanding

The Covid diaries: Day 33 - Time flies

The Covid diaries: Day 32 - Red Red Wine

How can employers reconcile working from home and confidentiality?

Bracing employers for post-pandemic flexible work requests

Discrimination, harassment and bullying in Covid times

Disciplinaries and grievances where employees are working from home or ‘furloughed’

Expensive business, what employees are entitled to at home

Safe at home: An overview of employers’ health and safety obligations

A matter of Policy – Do you need a working from home policy now?

Out with the old – annual updates to statutory rates come into effect

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in April

The Covid diaries: Day 31 - Open for Business (Sort Of)

The Covid diaries: Day 30 - Testing Times

The Covid diaries: Day 29 - Blue Monday

The Covid diaries: Day 28 - RuPaul GIFs and GDPR

The Covid diaries: Day 27 - Let the Sunshine In

The Covid diaries: Day 26 - It's Oh So Quiet

The Covid diaries: Day 25 - The Company Card

Stepping up mental health support during Covid-19

The Covid diaries: Day 24 -Permanent and Pervasive?

The Covid diaries: Day 23 - Big Brother

The Covid diaries: Day 22 - Well, they say a picture paints a thousand words

The Covid diaries: Day 21 - The way we were

The Covid diaries: Day 20 - Follow the leader

The Covid diaries: Day 19 - Wine Time

The Covid diaries: Day 18 - Spring is in the air

The Covid diaries: Day 17 - I've Had the (Working) Time of My Life

The Covid diaries: Day 16 - Sunny Days and Good News

The Covid diaries: Day 15 - Fur-low, Sweet Chariot

The Covid diaries: Day 14 - We Built This City

The Covid diaries: Day 13 - April Fools Day

The Covid diaries: Day 12 - My annual leave experience

GQ|Littler’s top tips for wellbeing while working from home

The Covid diaries: Day 11 - A hard day's night

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in March

The Covid diaries: Day 10 - Another week, done and dusted!

The Covid diaries: Day 9 - Glory be to the internet

The Covid diaries: Day 8 - The devil is in the detail

UK government to underwrite 80% of suspended employee wages

The Covid diaries: Day 7 - I fought the law and the law won

The Covid diaries: Day 5 - Working with your flatmates - A guide

The Covid diaries: Day 4 - Alone again, naturally

The Covid diaries: Day 3 - Video killed the radio star

The Covid diaries: A daily fly-on-the-wall blog about running a legal business during the Covid-19 crisis

Significant HR updates to IR35 and GDPR in the UK

The Covid diaries: Day 2 - What do we do now?

The Covid diaries: Day 1 - And so it begins

Coronavirus: What do UK employers need to know?

Let’s keep mum!

Brexit and the workforce - The year ahead for HR

Republic of Labour Law – Irish HR Updates in February

Tribunal backlog worsens as judges fail to dismiss claims

What can employers do to protect parents from early-stage pregnancy loss?

Littler continues global growth with expansion into Austria

Judges not using power to dismiss claims or responses early at Employment Tribunals

Judges accused of not exercising their power to prevent employment tribunal backlog

741,210 fit notes issued by doctors due to stress last year – up 8%

UK doctors issued 741,210 ‘fit notes’ for stress-related disorders in 2018

Sick notes for stress - related disorders are on the rise

‘Ethical veganism’ is a protected belief – what does that mean for employers?

What constitutes a philosophical belief?

Brexit – The Essential Labour Law Guide

Littler Global Guide - United Kingdom - Q4 2019

Number of sexual misconduct reports received by SRA more than doubles in five years

Sexual misconduct reports have doubled in two years, reveal the SRA

Sexual misconduct in the legal profession is on the rise

Record high reports of sexual misconduct in the legal profession in England

Surge in disability discrimination cases at employment tribunals

2020 Vision - A look at the year ahead

That was the year that was! 2019

Election fever - what is getting employment lawyers hot and bothered?

Littler's 2019 European Employer Survey Report

The five minute Christmas party guide

GQ|Littler appoints new partner - Cerys Williams
5 key themes explored at the European Employer Conference

EWC- should I stay or should I go?

By-passing the union - yes or no?

Keep calm and carry on: covering striking workers

21st century picketing

Chambers & Partners puts GQ|Littler among Top 25 employment law firms in the UK

GQ|Littler has been recommended by the Legal 500

Transforming gender identity practice and policy at work

5 handy guides to trans-inclusivity in the workplace

Gender identity in the workplace - what do the courts say?

Brexit – a political update

Hairstyle discrimination is intertwined with race

California Passes Landmark Gig Economy Legislation

GDPR and lawful basis: how to make sure you don't get caught out

IR35: Special Report

The supreme view on post-termination restrictions

International tips & tricks - part 2

Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland rules on the meaning of "a series of deductions"

Desperate workers waiting until 2021 to get justice in Employment Tribunal delays

Employment Tribunal delays have increased by 14% since last year

Eight month wait in Employment Tribunal

Eighteen month delay for Employment Tribunal claimants

Employment Tribunal claims taking eight months to be heard

Government promises NDA legislation - but is light on details

Littler has announced its inaugural Littler European Employer conference, to be held in London

Gender pay obligations across EMEA

£183m BA fine is a 'warning shot'

Increase in workplace sex discrimination claims, study suggests

Increase in workplace sex discrimination claims, study suggests

#MeToo fuels big rise in sex discrimination cases

Office hugging ban fails to curb complaints

Sex discrimination claims by workers increases by 69% to 5 year high in wake of #MeToo

Landmark Supreme Court ruling finds non-compete clause was not too wide to be enforced

Employers dodge a bullet as Supreme Court rules in favour of upholding restrictive covenant

Ensuring GDPR compliance in litigation

“I’m new to the insurance sector. What do I need to know about SMCR?”

Webinar: Pay equity / gender pay for international employers

Proposals to prohibit making employees redundant during pregnancy or maternity leave

Shared parental leave pay – clarity on your requirement to enhance

UK "NDA" debate continues

Experts 'surprised' by rise in pregnancy discrimination claims

International tips & tricks - part 1

12 months since GDPR - what do employers really need to know?

Fitness and propriety: Financial services employee dismissed for lacking credibility as a witness

The Zambian copper mine case – What happened and why are we writing about it?

Judgment Day for proselytising employee

More full-time judges needed to handle tribunal delays

Full-time judges needed to clear tribunal backlog

Have we made gender pay gap progress?

What does Brexit teach us about negotiation and litigation?

Launch of Littler Women's Leadership Initiative Europe

The monthly round up of weird and wonderful employment law news

What should employers do when employee misconduct might be criminal?

Gender pay gap – where are we now?

Out with the old – annual updates to statutory rates come into effect

Hancock's NHS NDA ban announcement

The future for non-disclosure agreements

GQ|Littler promotes Caroline Baker to partner

How Brexit will affect your data protection efforts

Gender pay gap reporting round two: What have we learned?

Going Stateside - The breakfast briefing - 5 surprise take-aways

What can businesses do to ensure equal pay?

The State of Brexit

Suspending belief – is it appropriate to place an employee on leave?

From cold hearts to hot wheels - the monthly round up of weird and wonderful employment law news

“Not hired because I am a white straight man”

The equal pay conundrum: what’s an employer to do?

#M&AToo

How is HR using artificial intelligence?

The monthly round up of weird and wonderful employment law news

Tribunals struggle as backlog of cases reaches highest level since fee abolition

Gender pay reporting, take two: what should employers do differently this time?

Standard dismissal procedures – when not to follow them

What to do if you’re ghosted… by your employees

Discrimination against ethnic minority applicants – challenging unconscious bias

The Brexit time bomb - Armageddon or business as usual?

Employment tribunals under stress

The age old problem - discriminating against elderly employees

Backlog of employment tribunal cases balloons 77 per cent

ACAS delays increase employment tribunal hearings

From alcoholism to exhibitionism - When the law says a condition is not a disability

GQ|Littler appoints new partner - Philip Cameron

2019 - The annual crystal ball article

The good work plan: The Government's response to the Taylor Review

Post-termination restrictive covenants - Do yours hold up to the scrutiny of the Court?

Brexit - January update

Tackling employment tribunal delays

GQ|Littler appoints new Partner - Philip Cameron

Many new tribunal claims may not be heard until 2020

How HR should react to new ‘comply or explain’ rules

The employment law year in review

Firms reopening historic harassment cases in wake of #MeToo

Deliveroo 'riders' denied pension rights

Sexual harassment in the technology sector

Employment tribunal hearing delays rise to seven months

The monthly round up of weird and wonderful employment law news

Protecting transgender employees from discrimination in the US

Just published: major new research from Littler into HR trends and attitudes across Europe

A busy time for Defined Benefit pension schemes (and the employers too)

Changes to the contractor tax and compliance rules: how can you minimise your risk?

Should confidentiality clauses be banned? Be careful what you wish for

For and against: Employers have the legal tools they need to address the diversity problem

The restless topic of holiday pay (courtesy of the EU)

Webinar: listen again to the latest news on GDPR

Overstretched tribunals face seven-month backlog

Data breach and Morrisons: can a rogue employee leave you on the hook?

Worker status woes: Addison Lee loses appeal on status of drivers

The party to mark the end of the gender pay gap is set to be held in 2235

All-male boards at top U.K. firms come closer to extinction

#MeToo campaign prompts employers to reopen harassment cases

71% of UK businesses have now taken concrete action in response to #MeToo movement

Cristiano Ronaldo, NDAs and how the #MeToo movement is spurring legal changes

Why it’s time to rethink shared parental leave

Chambers & Partners puts GQ|Littler among Top 20 employment law firms in the UK

IR35 shake-up: major change to contractor tax and compliance rules announced

Minimum wage enforcement following TUPE transfer: could you pay for others’ mistakes?

GQ|Littler: ‘responsive, hardworking and committed to providing the best legal guidance’

What to do if you have a data breach in the post GDPR world?

When are internal investigations privileged?

GQ|Littler Promoted in Legal 500 Rankings

Peer reviewed behaviour – What can the STEM industries learn from #MeToo

UK Supreme Court rules on ‘gay cake’ case

Key employment law updates from around the world - Littler Global Guide Quarterly published

From solicitors behaving badly to conspiracy theories - The monthly round up of employment law news

Fight or flight? Dealing with violence in the workplace

Parental bereavement leave - New rights to leave and pay

Employers ban leering and long stares after #MeToo relevation

GQ|Littler shortlisted for British Legal Awards

Brexit – transitional provisions in the balance

From pole dancing principals to Star Wars CVs - The monthly round up of employment law news

Working hard or hardly working? The TUC’s four day working week proposal.

Spotlight on diversity and inclusion, workplace behaviour and pay equity

Shared services centres – the essential HR/legal checklist

Ireland set to embrace shared parental leave after false start in UK

Employers using master trusts brace for turbulent time ahead

Sexism and tennis… an old row in a new court?

Firm moves: promotions at GQ Littler - The Law Society Gazette

From hot staff to cold offices - The monthly round up of weird and wonderful employment law news

GQ|Littler appoints new Partner and new Senior Counsel

Do flexible working arrangements breach Working Time Regulations?

BEIS Committee recommends expansion of gender pay gap reporting

Are You “Extremely Attractive”? If not, don’t apply!

Mixed teams? Maybe not a mixed blessing!

Narrowing the gap: what next for gender pay gap reporting?

The monthly round up of weird and wonderful employment law news

Are your trade secrets protected under the new law?

Gender identity and discrimination: recent developments

‘Dread’ful uniform requirements

It’s staying home

What should we learn from the Donald Trump & Kim Jong Un meeting? Paul Quain

Would you tell HR about your office fling?

The monthly round up of the weird and wonderful employment law news

"Failure to Prevent Bribery" offence - what does it mean for employers?
Supreme Court finds leaks in Pimlico’s independent contractor model

The US gay cake case

The HR challenges of shared service centres - People Management

Four GQ|Littler partners named as experts in Who’s Who Legal 2018

GQ|Littler appoints new Partner - Hannah Mahon

GQ|Littler Partner named as Treasurer of UK Employment Lawyers Association

Employment law in Europe, the need-to-know guide. This month – Spain

GDPR and the new Data Protection Bill 2018 has arrived!
When will notice of termination take effect? The Supreme Court delivers some useful guidance

Naked team building to pet-ernity leave – the employee perks arms race reviewed

Order, order! What can be disclosed when there is a NDA?

GQ|Littler wins Boutique Law Firm of the Year at Legal Business Awards

How to employ—and payroll—a telecommuter working from home overseas

Could mice have eaten half a ton of marijuana?

Bank fails in attempt to recoup executives’ bonuses

Employment law in Europe, the need-to-know guide This month – Italy

NDAs – what do you need to know?

First year of gender pay gap statistics show 87% of employers pay men more than women

Four Day Work Week

Bookkeeper steals more than £92,000 from employer for IVF

Brexit and employment law: have attitudes hardened?

Court orders reinstatement of sacked employee who pledged to join ISIS

Don't leave the Yacht - minimum wage outrage!

From Trump’s tweets to supermarket sweeps, the monthly round-up of everything else

Employment law in Europe, the need-to-know guide This month – France

Long working hours and disability discrimination

Out with the old, in with the new – changes to termination payments and statutory rates

The HR challenges of creating a shared services centre - HR Magazine

After abolition of fees, employment tribunal significantly up - The HR Director

The Law Society Gazette - Firm hire - GQ Employment Law

City Moves for 2 March 2018 - who's switching jobs at PwC, HSBC and GQ Employment Law? - CITY A.M.

Is disability in the eye of the beholder?

Manager sacked after failing to discipline colleagues accused of having sex in Dirty Martini

Government responds to the Taylor Review

Putting the R(etention) in GDPR

#MeToo – The Challenge for Employers

GQ Employment Law recruits new lawyers as part of continued growth

National Minimum Wage Compliance: the challenges and how to solve them

Equal pay claims: private sector takes centre stage - Personnel Today

Employment law in Europe, the need-to-know guide This month – the Netherlands

Senior departures – are employment tribunal claims more likely?

Striking whilst the iron is hot!

International Projects

Where next for Employment Tribunals?

Record Crimes – Lessons from Ireland

Carrie Gracie and the BBC: Are pay scales the solution to equal pay woes?

Employment law in Europe, the need-to-know guide This month - Germany

Discrimination to dismiss for not following Orthodox beliefs

10 Surprising (and sometimes funny) things that happened in HR in 2017

What’s coming up? 2018 in employment law

The Gender Pay Gap Regulations: The story so far

You are liable for data breaches by rogue employees regardless of how much care you take

How well do your anti-harassment tools work overseas?

Did anything significant happen in 2017? An employment lawyer’s perspective……?

We’ve employees under TUPE that had a contractual bonus linked to the transferor’s profits. Any advice?
GQ|Littler to lead panel at IFLR European In-House Counsel Summit on 24 January

New government plans announced to tackle fraud

Trump is keeping US employment lawyers busy - The Times - The Brief

More holiday pay claims – the Court of Justice allows worker to claim 13 years’ unpaid holiday.

Bank executive fired after travelling by taxi to deposit £350,000 of Ghanaian King’s money

No table is safe after table “humping” found not to be gross misconduct

The lengths (and heights!) aggrieved employees will go to…

How to Make Global Employee Communications Comply with Overseas Translation Mandates

Employment law in Europe, the need-to-know guide. This month - The Republic of Ireland

UK Budget: Changes to Contractors who work through Personal Service Companies

What can Brexit teach us about Settlement Negotiations?

Worker Status Update: November 2017

GQ and Littler celebrate their combination at the National Gallery

GQ Employment Law takes on 2 Associates as it records another + year for growth - Personnel Today

Non-Competes: How the latest court of appeal decision impacts your restrictions - HR Director

Non-Competes - Eight tips to stop yours being worthless - HR news

"GQ is a premier outfit” says 2018 edition of Chambers directory."

European Court of Human Rights revisits employee privacy

Air stewardess’ pay is linked to dress size

Have you heard of GDPR? 30% of Directors haven’t…

How to launch an employee compensation, bonus or benefits plan internationally

Confidentiality in the Workplace: Keeping Mum (or Dad)

GQ’s Caroline Baker is part of a team which collected Law Society Pro Bono Award

“Traditional” is found to be discriminatory
