PwC, one of the Big Four, recently announced that it shall introduce a post-pandemic working policy where office and remote working is combined.
The latest reports from City law firms show that there has been little progress in narrowing the gender pay gap.
In March 2021 the Bar Council wrote to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and the Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service (BTAS) to express their concerns about the handling of cases of sexual harassment among barristers.
The landmark ruling of Begum v Maran [2021] EWCA Civ 326 established that a British shipping company owed a duty of care to the deceased, who had fallen to his death during the demolition (shipbreaking) of their defunct shipping tanker in Bangladesh.
The Trade Union Congress (TUC), a federation of trade unions, has reported that there are significant gaps in the UK legislation for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace.
The tech giant is currently under investigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), amid allegations that its hiring and promotion policies are potentially impacted by systemic racial bias.
In a unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court has dismissed Uber’s appeal that its drivers are self-employed, thereby confirming that drivers have the employment status of workers. This affords Uber drivers the legal right to demand fundamental worker entitlements such as National Minimum Wage (NMW) and Holiday Pay.
The government’s gender pay gap reporting service may be deferred for a second year running, which is likely to undermine decades of work to close the gender pay gap in the UK. Concerns have been raised about the time it will take to get reporting back up and running, by which time it could be noted that the government has failed to commit to change in this area.
On 25 January 2021 Clifford Chance, along with a cohort of business leaders, launched The Global Business Collaboration for Better Workplace Mental Health (GBC), making mental health a priority within the workplace.
A recent Parker review has revealed there are no black executives in any of the top three positions in FTSE 100 companies in the UK.