Rebecca Thornley-Gibson

Jul 25, 2024 | mondaq.com | Debbie Venn |Rebecca Thornley-Gibson

Modern slavery is a critical issue that impacts millions globally, manifesting in forms such as forced labour, debt bondage, human trafficking, and child exploitation. In 2021, an estimated 50 million people were subjected to modern slavery, a stark increase from prior years. This alarming trend underscores the urgent need for business owners to take decisive action against modern slavery within their operations and supply chains.

May 24, 2024 | peoplemanagement.co.uk | Rebecca Thornley-Gibson

We’ve seen a wealth of April employment law changes again this year and many fall within the scope of ‘family friendly’ legislation. These will not only enhance existing protections for employees but should also serve to improve workplace diversity and inclusion initiatives. Perhaps the most potentially impactful change made has been the extension of protection from redundancy for employees on maternity leave, adoption leave or shared parental leave.

Dec 5, 2023 | platinummediagroup.co.uk | Daniel Morgan |Rebecca Thornley-Gibson |George Cannon

Outsourcing your finance function involves delegating the financial tasks and responsibilities of your business to an external service provider. Essentially, instead of managing all the financial aspects in-house, you rely on the expertise and resources of a specialised team or company to handle them. This can include your accounting, bookkeeping, VAT, tax and a variety of other functions.

Dec 5, 2023 | platinummediagroup.co.uk | Rebecca Thornley-Gibson |George Cannon |Pam Loch

Rebecca Thornley-Gibson outlines how far firms can go and wonders whether recent comments by business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, may herald a change Employees’ conversations – spoken, written and online – are part of workplace communications, but the topic range can be broad, and not always welcomed by everyone. Problems can arise when employees candidly share their views and beliefs, and exercise what they see as their right to freedom of expression.

Oct 26, 2023 | mondaq.com | Rebecca Thornley-Gibson

Since 2015 the Modern Slavery Act (MSA) has required commercial organisations carrying on business in the UK with an annual turnover of more than £36m to publish an annual slavery and human trafficking statement. The effectiveness of any statement in combatting modern slavery however is likely to be limited if no proactive steps are taken by organisations to raise awareness within their workforce of modern slavery and how concerns can be raised.