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August 2019

• Three reasons for including covert recordings in your list of behaviours for gross misconduct
• Employer not liable for racist Facebook picture circulated by a member of staff
• Ten tips for avoiding employment tribunal claims
• Will schools and colleges soon have to advertise all jobs as flexible?
• August 2019: News in brief – Schools
• August 2019: News in brief – Colleges

July 2019

• Court of Appeal rules that schools and colleges can speak directly to staff if negotiations have broken down
• Knowledge and disability: what do you know and when did you find out?
• Employment FAQs
• New case indicates that holiday pay claims can go back to 1998
• July 2019: News in brief – Schools
• July 2019: News in brief – Colleges

June 2019

• How do you manage an "unmanageable" employee?
• What would you do if an employee tweeted *that* royal baby picture?
• European court tells employers to properly measure the length of time their staff are working
• Employee awarded over £16k for injury to their feelings after 'one off' act of discrimination
• June 2019: News in brief – Schools
• June 2019: News in brief – Colleges

May 2019

• Do your staff realise they can be prosecuted for unlawfully accessing your data?
• Do you have to pay staff for doing "a bit extra" before or after work?
• Should you allow staff to record disciplinary and grievance hearings?
• Home Office publishes "right to work checks" that will apply post Brexit
• May 2019: News in brief – Schools
• May 2019: News in brief – Colleges

April 2019

• When can you lawfully suspend a member of staff?
• Updated Green Book recommends changes to Term Time Only holiday accrual – Schools
• What’s the best way to communicate with a woman on maternity leave?
• FAQs about redundancy
• Have you considered taking positive action to increase the diversity of your workforce? – Colleges
• April 2019: News in brief – Schools
• April 2019: News in brief – Colleges

March 2019

• Ten top tips for dealing with absent staff
• “Where’s my personal data?” Responding to subject access requests under GDPR
• Secretary aged 88 oldest person to win age discrimination claim
• When should you involve occupational health?
• March 2019: News in brief – Schools
• March 2019: News in brief – Colleges

February 2019

• Special Education Needs update for schools and colleges
• Gender pay gap: What will you say if your figures haven't improved?
• Do your job ads say you're "happy to talk about flexibility"?
• Is this sexual harassment?
• February 2019 – News in brief

January 2019

• Employment legislation tracker 2019: Public Sector
• FAQs: Post Brexit recruitment of EU citizens
• Are employees entitled to a written statement if they work for less than two months?
• Bus driver sacked after failing a drugs test awarded £37,639.32
• January 2019 – News in brief

December 2018

• Employer liable for actions of MD that took place three hours after the end of its Christmas party
• Greenwich council expected to settle term time holiday pay claims for £3.7 million
• Pilot with a fear of flying unfairly dismissed
• Is the government going to reintroduce Employment Tribunal fees?
• December 2018: Schools news in brief
• December 2018: Colleges news in brief

November 2018

• Special Educational Needs update for schools and colleges
• New Government guidance makes it tougher to remove exam results from performance data
• Employee called a "fat ginger pikey" loses harassment case
• Morrisons vicariously liable for deliberate data breach by "rogue" employee
• News in brief – November 2018

October 2018

• Top five employment cases that will affect the education sector over 2018/19 academic year
• Employee who wrote “Please accept one month’s notice” did not resign
• What questions shouldn't you ask at an interview?
• Can you only hold a disciplinary hearing during an employee's normal working hours?
• October 2018: Schools news in brief
• October 2018: Colleges news in brief

July 2018

• What happens to the employment relationship where an employee successfully appeals against their dismissal?
• You must let your employee appeal against their dismissal even if they have not provided evidence they can continue to work in the UK
• FAQs: Statutory sick pay
• “Sleep-in” workers are not entitled to the National Minimum Wage whilst they are asleep
• July 2018: Schools news in brief
• July 2018: Colleges news in brief

June 2018

• Risk assessments needed for all breastfeeding mothers
• Update on trade union facility time off reporting
• FAQs: Apprentices
• Can zero hours workers compare contracts with full-time workers?
• Supreme Court determines the employment status of plumbers
• Get ready for Making Tax Digital for Business (MTDfB)
• June 2018: Schools news in brief 
• June 2018: Colleges news in brief

May 2018

• Supreme Court implies new term in all contracts of employment
• FAQs: Staff references
• Charity governance in independent schools
• May 2018: Schools news in brief
• May 2018: Colleges news in brief

April 2018

• Supreme Court confirms fair dismissal of headteacher who failed to disclose her friendship with a convicted paedophile
• Employers can pay women taking maternity leave more than men taking shared parental leave – for at least 14 weeks
• Deductions of Contributions at Source (DOCAS) Regulations delayed
• Discrimination: injury to feelings awards just got more expensive
• April 2018: Schools news in brief
• April 2018: Colleges news in brief

March 2018 

•  FAQs: Gender pay gap reporting
• The Technical and Further Education Act 2017: Who’d be a governor? 
• Term-time workers: Capping holiday pay at 12.07% disadvantages part-time workers 
• Transgender employee awarded almost £47,500 compensation against Primark  
• Legislative changes taking effect in March and April 2018 
• March 2018: Schools news in brief  
• March 2018: Colleges news in brief  

February 2018

• Myth: A teacher or lecturer engaged on a fixed-term contract cannot claim unfair dismissal if their contract is not renewed on expiry
• FAQs: Engaging and retaining EU staff post-Brexit
• Impact of GDPR on Education
• Victorian Property ‘Rights of Reverter’ Can Expose Educational Establishments to Financial Claims
• Legislation tracker – 2018
• Impact of GDPR on Education
• February 2018: Schools news in brief 
• February 2018: Colleges news in brief

Autumn Term 2017

• 10 November 2017 - GDPR for schools and colleges
• 27 October 2017 - How to fairly manage staff absence
  
• 13 October 2017 - New exclusions guidance - what's changed?
• 29 September 2017 - Recruitment
• 11 September 2017 - Best practice: suspending an employee

Summer Term 2017

• 21 April 2017 - What are the key data protection changes that will affect schools?
• 5 May 2017 - The Apprenticeship Levy
• 19 May 2017 - Disciplinary investigations – our guide to avoiding common pitfalls
• 2 June 2017 - Providing staff references
• 16 June 2017 - How much can you deduct from the salary of a teacher who is on strike?
• 30 June 2017 - Do your teaching and support staff understand what they can/can’t say on social media?
• 14 July 2017 - Educating children on "sexting"

Spring Term 2017

• 3 February 2017 - Legal responsibilities of academy heads
• 17 February 2017 - Dealing with requests from separating parents
• 3 March 2017 - How far does your school have to go to accommodate the religious beliefs of your staff?
• 17 March 2017 -  April 2017 changes to the IR35 treatment of personal service company workers and the effects on the Education sector
  
• 31 March 2017 - How to lawfully exclude a child from school

Summer 2016 - Download PDF

• What is in force or expected to come into force this year?
• News in brief
• Educating children about sexting
• Is the academisation of all schools still on the cards despite the apparent U turn
• Spotlight on: The additional legal responsibilities owed by academy head teachers
• How to celebrate diversity and build an inclusive environment in your school
• My school story: Ian Kelsey
• Pupil attainment gap in Northern England needs to be tackled for Northern Powerhouse Success
• Helping children with autism reach their full potential
• Think it Create it: A new approach to delivering the computing curriculum
• Taxation considerations for educational establishments providing living accommodation - Part 2
• >Can Acivico Energy cut your school energy costs?
• Case law update
• ACAS Schools Forum

Spring 2016

• Birmingham charity of the year 2016
• Introducing The Leeds Rhinos Foundation charity
• Leeds charity of the year 2016
• Legislation & regulation tracker: what does 2016 have in store?
• News in brief
• Do you use human resources professional to help with staff discipline?
• Apprenticeship levy: does your wage bill exceed £3 million per year?
• Spotlight on staff references
• How do you enforce terms of a settlement agreement?
• Tax considerations for schools providing living accommodation
• My school story: Hannah Cockroft
• Case law update

Autumn/Winter 2015

• How far do schools have to go to accommodate the religious beliefs of their staff?
• Attracting talent to your school
• Holiday pay issues for schools – what you need to know
• Does Big Brother surveillance have a place in schools?
• My school story – Jamie Dunn, shortlisted for the Top 20 Young People in the World awards