What can employers do to support women returning to work?
Emily Plosker discusses BDBF’s support of Smart Works for City Giving Day and how employers can support women returning to work after maternity leave.
September 26, 2017 No Comments
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City Giving Day 2017 – BDBF Supports Smart Works
BDBF will be supporting Smart Works – a charity which supports women back into work – on City Giving Day 2017.
September 21, 2017 No Comments
Parentlife to Citylife: how to manage the transition
BDBF Partner Ruth Gamble gives advice to new parents on how to manage the transition back to work after a period of parental leave and highlights the mistakes employers can make during this time.
September 13, 2017 No Comments
SMCR extension: now is the time for firms to prepare
Cerys Williams and Nick Wilcox discuss the steps firms should take to prepare for the extension of the Senior Managers and Certification Regime.
August 18, 2017 No Comments
Latest statistics show impact of SMCR
BDBF’s Nick Wilcox discusses the latest statistics on the SMCR and fines issued by the Financial Conduct Authority.
August 10, 2017 No Comments
FCA consults on extending Senior Managers and Certification Regime
The FCA is consulting on the extension of the SMCR to almost all financial services firms from 2018, replacing the Approved Persons Regime. HR should act now.
July 27, 2017 No Comments
Ruth Gamble comments on the implications of the BBC’s gender pay gap in the Evening Standard, Huffington Post, CNBC and the Guardian
As the BBC reveals its pay data for the first time, BDBF Partner Ruth Gamble’s comments on the implications of the disparities make the news.
July 19, 2017 No Comments
The Court of Appeal clarifies the “public interest test” for whistleblowing claims.
The Court of Appeal has, this morning, clarified that a disclosure does not need to be in the interest of the public at large in order to attract whistleblower protection. Despite the inclusion of a “public interest test” in whistleblowing legislation, a disclosure can concern only a small group of people, although that the character of the disclosure is relevant.
July 11, 2017 No Comments
Age discrimination: silver quotas
Could the ‘silver quota’ be the answer to improving employment rates in the over 50s? Polly Rodway considers in the light of UK discrimination law.
July 3, 2017 No Comments
National Employee Ownership Day – 2017
Cerys Williams, Employment Partner at BDBF LLP, speaks to Liz Hunter, Head of Share Schemes at Mazars LLP about the key benefits of Employee Ownership.
June 30, 2017 No Comments
Employee Monitoring in Financial Services Firms
The FCA has announced an increase in the number of financial services firms who must record communications made by their employees.
May 18, 2017 No Comments
Are employers’ bans on headscarves at work discriminatory?
An employer’s ban on wearing religious symbols at work may or may not be directly discriminatory depending on the reason for the ban.
May 11, 2017 No Comments
