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Nov 7, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Munro
Sarah Munro tells HRNews about the trend towards specialist-led investigations into workplace harassment complaints.
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Employers could soon face an obligation to investigate a wider scope of employee complaints, with strong backing for new proposals under the Employment Rights Bill.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Munro
Analysis carried out by Pinsent Masons shows that the UK energy sector’s median hourly gender pay gap has improved, on average, by 1-2%, with most operators showing a year-on-year improvement since the GPG reporting requirement was first introduced in 2017. The data also shows that some energy companies have reported an improvement of up to 5% in their median hourly gender pay gap.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Munro
Sarah Munro tells HRNews why employers are opting for external lawyers to conduct investigations into complex and sensitive issues
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As we highlighted last week, the Labour Party, now in government, has committed to strengthening protection for victims of sexual harassment in the workplace and those who call it out.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Munro
Sarah Munro tells HRNews about the Labour party’s plan to strengthen the law to protect employees who blow the whistle on sexual harassment at work
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As we highlighted last week, Sunday 23 June was World Whistleblowers day, designed to raise the importance of reporting malpractice and wrongdoing and the important role whistleblowers play in that.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Munro
Sarah Munro tells HRNews about a UK trend towards instructing lawyers to conduct workplace investigations in complex and sensitive cases
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On 8 March, which was International Women’s Day, the Treasury Committee published its final report on its Inquiry into Sexism in the City.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Munro
While the CSRD is an EU directive, its impact will be broader because non-EU corporates may have connections to the EU that are caught by the CSRD. It is expected to drive up global standards of workforce reporting. First CSRD reports for large public interest entities will be published in 2025, with compliance filtering down to SMEs who will first report in 2027. Businesses subject to CSRD next year will need to take time during 2024 to put in place processes that ensure compliance.
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Oct 27, 2023 | 
scotsman.com | Sarah Munro
New measures aimed at protecting women against sexual harassment in the workplace are to enter into UK law after the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill was approved by MPs last week. The legislation will impose a new duty on UK employers to take reasonable steps to prevent their employees experiencing workplace sexual harassment.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Munro
The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill was approved by MPs late last week, bringing an end to a period of parliamentary scrutiny of proposals that had been brought forward by Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse. The legislation, which is expected to receive Royal Assent in the coming days, will impose a new duty on UK employers to take reasonable steps to prevent their employees experiencing workplace sexual harassment.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Munro
Sarah Munro tells HRNews why in complex and/or sensitive cases employers are increasingly choosing to instruct their lawyers to conduct workplace investigations.
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Allegations of sexual misconduct pose a serious reputational and business risk for employers and they can have lasting implications for the individuals involved. So who should conduct the investigation?
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Jun 26, 2023 | 
boardagenda.com | Sarah Munro
Domestic and international market pressures, as well as regulatory change in the UK, highlight why workforce issues should be examined through the lens of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles. ESG considers workforces to be an asset that must be protected through good management, because businesses with well-managed workforces are more likely to be sustainable in the long-term.
