The UK government has published its response to a consultation on sexual harassment in the workplace. The consultation ran from July to October 2019 and was, in part, a response to the #MeToo movement. The aim behind the consultation was to gather evidence about whether the current law aimed at protecting people from sexual harassment at work was effective and what more could be done to strengthen it, at a practical level.
Research has consistently shown that employee stress levels have risen in line with the demands of the twenty-first century workplace.
This article was co-authored with Dr Gill Maxwell of CIPD for publication on the CIPD website
Each April the government generally makes changes which come into effect with the changing of the tax year, including changes to statutory rates for various employment related payments and the national minimum wage. In this blog we note some of this year’s changes.
