Feature Articles

What are the health and safety responsibilities that make it automatically unlawful to dismiss employees or to subject them to a detriment? Barrister Robert Spicer reports on a recent case.

As the environmental credentials of all businesses are now a key differentiator for consumers, how can small enterprises improve their green credentials? Dave Howell reports.

As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, many people’s working lives have been turned upside down. People worked from home and then in a hybrid manner, L&D professionals found themselves having to rethink how they delivered learning to so many remote workers, whilst they too were working remotely. It is not an overstatement to say that the last two years has been frenetic for workers everywhere. But what attention has been given to the L&D professional themselves during this time? What about their learning and skill development? In this article, Judith Christian-Carter, considers the need for upskilling and reskilling L&D professionals.

P&O Ferries has found itself in the spotlight following its announcement to more than 800 staff members that they were being made redundant with immediate effect. Employees were informed of this via video, with seemingly no prior warning. They were further told that enhanced payments would be made to them by way of a settlement agreement to compensate them for being made redundant without due process if this was signed and returned before 31 March 2022. Whilst the ethics and morals of their actions have been questioned, P&O’s compliance with employment laws is also under scrutiny.

The continued underachievement of boys in primary and secondary education remains at the forefront of discussions about attainment. Kate Goulson examines this persistent issue.