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Constructing A New Way To Work - Can Flexible Working Work For Construction Too?
Since 6 April 2024, employees have had the statutory right to request flexible working from day one of employment. In a post-pandemic world, flexible working has become a key feature of the modern workplace. Whilst some organisations are reversing course and calling staff back to the office full-time, others are holding steadfast, espousing the benefits of flexible working. This raises the question: could and should the construction industry take better advantage of flexible working?
Constructing a new way to work - can flexible working work for construction too?
Since 6 April 2024, employees have had the statutory right to request flexible working from day one of employment. In a post-pandemic world, flexible working has become a key feature of the modern workplace. Whilst some organisations are reversing course and calling staff back to the office full-time, others are holding steadfast, espousing the benefits of flexible working. This raises the question: could and should the construction industry take better advantage of flexible working?
Bridging The Gap: Family-Friendly Policies To Attract Women Into Construction
The construction sector has long been regarded as one of the most male-dominated sectors in the UK. In 2024, women accounted for approximately 15% of construction workers, with even fewer in on-site and leadership roles. The gender disparity within construction is arguably driven by a number of factors including workplace structures and policies, rather than a lack of talent.
Bridging the gap: Family-Friendly Policies to attract women into construction
The construction sector has long been regarded as one of the most male-dominated sectors in the UK. In 2024, women accounted for approximately 15% of construction workers, with even fewer in on-site and leadership roles. The gender disparity within construction is arguably driven by a number of factors including workplace structures and policies, rather than a lack of talent.
Workplace Wellness: Embracing Stress Awareness Month
This April is Stress Awareness Month, which aims to increase awareness of both the contributory factors and solutions to workplace stress. Although much has been done to tackle this modern-day epidemic, April should serve as a reminder for employers of their ongoing legal obligations to continue to support their employees' mental wellbeing.
Snow Your Employment Rights!
Employees are not automatically entitled to pay if they are unable to get to work because of adverse weather conditions. However, employers may have contractual or custom arrangements in place to deal with this, and both ACAS and the Government advice website encourage employers to agree sensible arrangements with their employees. The legal starting point is that any leave taken, whether authorised or not, will be unpaid unless it is taken as annual leave.
Toxic Workplace Culture…I'm Not Loving It
In February this year, McDonalds entered into a legally binding agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission through which it pledged to protect its staff from sexual harassment. Following the agreement, the BBC began an investigation into working conditions within McDonalds, which has now revealed over 100 allegations from current and former McDonalds workers across the past five months relating to sexual assault, harassment, racism and homophobia.
Government Names And Shames Over NMW
Last week the government published a list naming and shaming over 200 employers for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage ('NMW') to 63,000 workers, amounting to a combined underpayment of almost £5 million. Among them were some major high street retailers including WH Smith, M&S, Argos and Lloyds Pharmacies, all of which stated unintentional errors in calculation as the cause. This highlights the difficulties in calculating the NMW, even for employers with significant administrative resources.
All in a Day’s Work: Disciplinary Processes
Click here to listen to the audio. The first in Herrington Carmichael’s “All in a Day’s Work” series, this episode looks at the disciplinary processes used by employers in respect of their employees. Employment Lawyers Nicola O’Dwyer and Alex Harper talk through the process step-by-step to make sure a disciplinary process is being managed fairly, thoroughly and, most importantly, in compliance with Employment law requirement.
Employment Law Update - Employment Status - Employment and HR - UK
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