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December 2019

  • Five employment cases that have affected the education sector in 2019
  • Settlement agreements: what's a reasonable amount to offer an employee to cover their legal advice?
  • Is asking to ‘clear your name’ a public interest disclosure capable of protection?
  • ‘Employment Law Firm of the Year’ at the Personnel Today awards
  • December 2019: News in brief – Schools
  • December 2019: News in brief – Colleges

November 2019

  • Why organisations should treat menopause as an employment issue
  • How to tell when a worker is under too much pressure
  • Supreme Court expands protection for whistle-blowers
  • November 2019: News in brief – Schools
  • November 2019: News in brief – Colleges

October 2019

  • How do you show you have taken all reasonable steps to avoid workplace discrimination?
  • The right to work checks schools need to make in the event of a no-deal Brexit
  • Update: Brazel v The Harpur Trust
  • How should you react if an under-performing member of staff you want to dismiss raises whistleblowing allegations?
  • October 2019: News in brief

September 2019

  • Court of Appeal rule that employers can't pro rate the holiday of term time-only workers
  • FAQs: holiday entitlement and pay of term time and other part-year workers
  • Special Educational Needs update
  • Autistic job seeker with ‘hidden disability’ awarded £18,400 compensation
  • September 2019: News in brief

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

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