The HR Blog


"Employment law developments, new legislation, severance advice."

Author: Solicitors in the employment law department of Pannone, which has three offices in England: Manchester, Alderley Edge, and Hale. Lawyers from the firm also author The Personal Injury Blog and The Family Law Blog.

Blawg Related Categories: Labor & Employment • International • Europe • United Kingdom • Partner

Recent Posts from The HR Blog


  • Elimination of tax relief on childcare vouchers

    More than 340,000 families are members of child voucher schemes, which allow parents to sacrifice up to 243 of their gross salary, in return for electronic vouchers that are paid to registered child carers. This…

  • Employer stands by unmasked Belle de Jour

    The employers of unmasked call girl turned bestselling author Belle de Jour are standing by her.  After years of speculation, Belle has revealed her true identity she is Brooke Magnanti, a research scientist who works…

  • Belief in climate change protected philosophical belief

    The employment appeal tribunal (EAT) has upheld an employment tribunals decision that an individual's belief in man-made climate change and the existence of a moral duty to live in a way that mitigates or avoids it, was…

  • Associative Discrimination

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgment on the case of Coleman v Attridge regarding the issue of associative discrimination. The EAT has upheld the tribunal's decision to reinterpret the Disability Discrimination Act to…

  • Bullying allegations at the Tower of London

    It has been reported that two male yeoman warders, or "beefeaters", at the Tower of London have been suspended following allegations of bullying and harassment by a female colleague, and a third is currently under…

  • Employers Forced to Offer Flexible Working

    Yvette Cooper, work and pensions secretary has announced that she wants employers to offer better part-time jobs. In addition, job applicants would be able to request flexible working when applying for a job, rather than…

  • Mother to be makes racist demands

    The Equality and Human Rights Commission (the EHRC) are looking into the situation which arose at Milton Keynes Hospital in Buckinghamshire. It is reported that a mother about to undergo a caesarean section objected to…

  • Equality laws making things worse?

    There have been comments recently that increasing rights and additional legislative protection for women are having the opposite result to the one wanted. In a bid to address inequality the government has improved maternity rights…