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Webinar | Charities & the use of social media: the blurring of personal and professional lives | 17 June 2025

Navigating the use of social media remains a challenging topic for many charities. Managed properly, a charity’s own social media channel can be a powerful force for engagement with the public. However, the position can become more complicated when it comes to the use of individual social media accounts and the accompanying blurring of professional …
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Webinar | Membership masterclass – dealing with internal elections | 18 June 2025

Are you a charity or non-profit with a wider membership, or a professional membership body? Join Mark Abbott, Senior Associate and Parliamentary Agent in our Charity and Social Enterprise team, and Helen Fry, Senior Associate in our Public & Regulatory team, for a one-hour webinar on how to manage your internal elections. We will cover: …
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Asking a female employee why she wants to work can amount to harassment related to sex: Lessons from A Pereira v Wellington Antiques and Another

In the recent case of A Pereira v Wellington Antiques and Another, the Employment Tribunal looked at the issue of whether an employer asking a female member of staff questions about why she wanted to work, why she needed to earn money, and about her husband, could amount to harassment related to sex; and found …
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Employment Rights Bill faces criticism in the House of Lords

On 27 March 2025, the Employment Rights Bill (“ERB”) passed its second reading in the House of Lords; after a lengthy debate lasting almost six hours. The Bill runs to 300 pages, with a further 200 pages of explanatory notes. The Labour government are claiming that the ERB will be “the biggest upgrade to workers’ …
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Protecting your intangible assets: Intellectual Property for charities and non-profits

Charities and non-profits own and use intellectual property – including their brand (often involving trade marks), copyright materials and rights in software and technology. These can be some of an organisation’s most valuable assets and should be appropriately safeguarded and managed. We’ve created a series of videos to discuss key considerations for charities and non-profits …
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Regulating for growth – a new approach to an old idea?

“We’ve got to look at regulation across the piece, and where it is needlessly holding back investment… mark my words, we will get rid of it”. This was Prime Minister Kier Starmer’s bold commitment at the International Investment Summit in October 2024. Two months later, on Christmas eve 2024, the PM wrote to 17 regulators, …
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Increases in employment related statutory pay and compensation limits from 6 April 2025

From 6 April 2025, as is the case each year, the Government will be increasing the level of employment related statutory payments, as well as the compensation limits applicable to certain Employment Tribunal awards; by 2.7% (roughly in line with the Retail Prices Index (“RPI”)). Below we set out a summary of the key increases, …
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Does a lack of insight and remorse warrant dismissal? Lessons from Hewston v OFSTED [2025] EWCA Civ 250

In the recent case of Hewston v OFSTED [2025] EWCA Civ 250, the Court of Appeal looked at the question of whether an employee’s lack of “insight” and “contrition” during a disciplinary process merited a disciplinary sanction of dismissal, and found that it did not.  The Court also found that the fact that the employee …
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The introduction of paid Statutory Neonatal Care Leave entitlement from 6 April 2025

From 6 April 2025, employees will benefit from a new statutory entitlement to paid leave, of up to 12 weeks, in circumstances where their child requires specialist neonatal care in the first 28 days following birth.  We set out a brief overview below. Statutory Neonatal Care Leave The entitlement to Neonatal Care Leave (“SNCL”) will …
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A new approach to enforcement? Ofqual consults on its Taking Regulatory Action policy

On 20 February 2025, Ofqual opened a consultation on updates to its enforcement policy, “Taking Regulatory Action”, which it proposes to rename “Supporting Compliance and Taking Regulatory Action”. The consultation will close on 15 May 2025. This refresh of Ofqual’s enforcement policy has been long awaited by awarding organisations (“AOs”). Since the existing policy was …
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How to prepare for new changes to consumer law – drip pricing

The DMCCA came into force on 1 January 2025. It has replaced the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) and amended certain parts of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (CCRs). In this series we’ll be looking at key sections of the Act …
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When the professional becomes personal: balancing expectations for the incoming workplace generation

March 2025 marks the annual “B Corp Month” campaign, which aims to celebrate the 10,000 certified “B Corporations” around the globe, that “use business as a force for good”. This year’s campaign highlights “Generation B” – a new generation of individuals within the workforce who are striving to “create a better future” and “drive positive …
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