Rob Moss

1 week ago | employeebenefits.co.uk | Rob Moss

The government has extended its Flexible Working Ambassadors programme for a further year to enable teachers to plan lessons from home, job-share or work flexible hours. Latest figures from the Department for Education (DfE) showed that 46% of teachers had a flexible-working arrangement in place in 2024, up six percentage points since 2022.

2 weeks ago | personneltoday.com | Rob Moss

More teachers could benefit from flexible working thanks to a successful initiative to help improve retention. The government said its Flexible Working Ambassadors programme has been extended for a further year to enable teachers to plan lessons from home, job-share or work flexible hours. Latest figures from the Department for Education (DfE) showed that 46% of teachers had a flexible working arrangement in place in 2024, up 6 percentage points since 2022.

2 weeks ago | personneltoday.com | Rob Moss

The equalities watchdog has launched a consultation on updates it has made to its code of practice for services, public functions and associations, following last month’s Supreme Court’s judgment on the definition of sex. On 16 April, the court made the legal position on the definition of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 clear: a woman is a biological woman, and a man is a biological man.

2 weeks ago | personneltoday.com | Rob Moss

A black security manager who left his job after being the ‘victim of continuous bullying and racism’ – including being called a ‘slave’ – has been awarded £360,700 at an employment tribunal. The claimant, Mr Assan, who is of African descent, began working for Wilson James Security, at Cavendish Square, London, in 2007. He was transferred by TUPE to the respondent, Vigilant Security, in 2010 and promoted soon after to site controller, and again to security manager in 2018.

3 weeks ago | personneltoday.com | Rob Moss

A primary school teacher and trade union representative has been awarded £370,000 after her head teacher unfairly dismissed her in ‘revenge’ for her opposing plans for lesson observations to take place unannounced. The employment judge in Manchester said Michael Earnshaw, the head teacher of the school in Salford, had been “unlawful, cruel and wrong” to expressly state in references to other schools after she was sacked that Carmen Wood-Hope was a “safeguarding” risk – without substantiation.