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ArticleTribunal awards former White Lake Cheese employee £20k for pregnancy discrimination
A former office worker, who was unfairly dismissed and discriminated against on pregnancy grounds by White Lake Cheese, has been awarded £19,700 by an employment tribunal.Storm Botha started working at White Lake Cheese as a cheese-making assistant in September 2020. After two months, she occasionally worked in the office doing ...
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ArticleMatches names new chief people officer
Fashion retailer Matches has appointed Clare Bishop chief people officer.With more than 17 years of experience in senior roles across human resources, Bishop has experience in high-growth organisations.She joins Matches from Greystar International, where she held the role of managing director, people, Europe. Prior to this, Bishop worked for organisations ...
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ArticleTribunal rules Starling Bank must pay £1.1m following health-related dismissal
Credit: rafapress / Shutterstock.comA former solicitor employed by Starling Bank has been awarded £1.1 million after an employment tribunal ruled that she had received unfavourable treatment and been unfairly dismissed.As an asthmatic, Gulnaz Raja told her employer that she would need to work from home and have time off during ...
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ArticleForth Ports promotes Michelle Primrose to chief people officer
Ports group Forth Ports has promoted Michelle Primrose to the newly created role of chief people officer and has welcomed her to its executive board.In her new role, Primrose will continue to focus on and have responsibility for a workforce of 1,300 employees across the group’s eight ports, who it ...
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ArticleTSB hires new chief people officer
Banking organisation TSB has appointed Ariam Enraght-Moony as its new chief people officer as of today (9 October).Reporting directly to Robin Bulloch, chief executive officer at TSB, Enraght-Moony will join the executive committee.She joins the organisation from John Laing, where she led the HR function of the international investor and ...
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ArticleSupreme Court rules Police Service of Northern Ireland must pay £40m in holiday pay case
The UK Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal made by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and ruled that it will have to pay approximately £40 million in holiday pay to its officers.In 2018, an industrial tribunal determined that unlawful deductions were made from the holiday pay of nearly ...
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ArticleRM names new chief people officer
Technology and resources supplier to the education sector RM has appointed Sarah Fawsitt chief people officer.In the role, Fawsitt will oversee all aspects of human resources, talent acquisition, employee development, and will play a crucial role in enhancing the organisation’s culture and driving strategic growth. She will work closely with ...
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ArticleNational living wage to rise to at least £11 per hour in 2024
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has announced that the national living wage will increase to at least £11 per hour from April 2024.Hunt made this announcement yesterday at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, where he committed to accept the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations.These recommendations, which will be announced ...
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ArticleMozilla appoints permanent chief people officer
Web browser Mozilla has appointed Dani Chehak as chief people officer on a permanent basis.Less than a year ago, Chehak took on the role of Mozilla’s interim chief people officer. She will continue to oversee all areas of HR and organisational development at the global Mozilla Corporation, and along with ...
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ArticleLampton Group names new group head of people and culture
Lampton Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Borough of Hounslow that provides commercial and residential services to the area, has recruited Claire Clifford as group head of people and culture.In her new role, Clifford will support the group’s objectives to provide positive social and economic outcomes for the ...
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ArticleLeigh Day brings pay and employment status claim against Veezu
Law firm Leigh Day has announced that it is taking taxi operator Veezu to employment tribunal to contest workers’ employment status and pay terms.The firm represents up to 12,500 taxi drivers who work for Veezu, which owns more than a dozen local taxi organisations using booking apps across England and ...
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ArticleIncubeta appoints new global chief people officer
International marketing business Incubeta has appointed Meg Phelps as its new global chief people officer.Phelps will be adopting a skills-first approach to strengthen Incubeta’s talent pool, with a wider people offering that flexes to suit the needs of different generations.She will drive operating model transformation and ensure the people experience ...
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ArticleBritish Business Bank appoints new chief people officer
British Business Bank has appointed Karen Barnett chief people officer, effective from October.Barnett will join the bank from private wealth management firm WH Ireland, where she was human resources director and a member of its executive committee. While there, she established a best practice HR team and was responsible for ...
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ArticleLampton Group names new group head of people and culture
Lampton Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Borough of Hounslow that provides commercial and residential services to the area, has recruited Claire Clifford as group head of people and culture.In her new role, Clifford will support the group’s objectives to provide positive social and economic outcomes for the ...
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ArticleWorkers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 gains Royal Assent
The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 has passed through the House of Lords to receive Royal Assent.Brought forward by Blackpool South MP Scott Benton and Baroness Anderson, the new law will give all workers, including those on zero-hours contracts, the legal right to request a predictable working pattern ...
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ArticlePensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill receives Royal Assent
The Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill has received Royal Assent.The bill, introduced in the House of Commons by Jonathan Gullis MP and taken through the House of Lords by Baroness Altmann, will see the age at which eligible workers must be automatically enrolled into a pension scheme ...
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ArticleEmerson names next chief people officer
Global technology, software and engineering firm Emerson has appointed Nick Piazza as its next chief people officer, succeeding Elizabeth Adefioye who has left to pursue other opportunities.In this role, Piazza will lead the firm’s human resources function, employee experience, talent management, total rewards, and diversity, equity and inclusion, as it ...
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ArticleHMRC publishes consultation on reporting salary advances
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published a consultation on proposed amendments to regulations that will allow employers to delay reporting advance salary payments made to an employee.The proposed amendments will mean that employers can delay reporting these until the remainder of that salary instalment has been paid and certain ...
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ArticleTrades Union Congress reports government over Strikes Act
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has announced it is reporting the Conservative government to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) over the Strikes Act.In a press conference yesterday (10 September), Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, Esther Lynch, general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, and two frontline workers, ...
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ArticleTAB recruits first people manager
Real estate finance and investment house TAB has recruited Lianne Mason as its inaugural people manager, its first specialist HR appointment.Mason’s responsibilities will include overseeing and taking charge of the recruitment and selection process, developing and monitoring overall HR strategies, systems, tactics and procedures across the organisation, helping to nurture ...