Jessica Agache-Gorse

Since 03 August 2023, new employees of supermarket giant Tesco have been able to apply for flexible working right from their first day of work. Prior to this staff had to complete the statutory 26...

During the summer, the UK’s Lloyds Banking Group (60,000 employees globally) launched its new Flexibility Works policy, which will enable its UK employees to compress a five-day working week into...

Passed by the UK parliament on 14 July, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act was promulgated during the summer. The law allows employees to submit two requests for flexible working to...

Starting 10 August, UK employers can no longer use temporary workers to fill in for when their own staff members are on strike. A UK High Court has ruled as ‘illegal’ the UK Government’s temporary...

On 17 July the UK government announced that going forward it would be limiting the number of ‘low-value’ degrees on offer. ‘Students and taxpayers will be better protected...

On 11 July, and via the Ten-Minute Rule Bill procedure, Labour MP for York, Rachael Maskell tabled the Bullying and Respect at Work Bill. Several parties are backing this bill that aims to...

From July 2023, the UK supermarket giant’s new workplace well-being policy is offering its 310,000 employees access to online GP consultations 7 days a week (via video or telephone). Tesco...

The first part of the Work Life Balance Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 came into force on 03 July 2023. In line with what the executive detailed in 2022, every Irish employee can now take five...

On 29 June, in its response to the consultation on Parental Leave and Pay, launched in 2019, the UK government indicated its intention to make changes to the country’s statutory paternity...

On 26 June, UK white goods retailer Currys (32,000 staff worldwide and at least 10,000 in the UK) announced it was offering its UK employees undergoing gender reassignment, access to an additional...

Having threatened to “name and shame” those companies that fail to pay their staff the minimum wage, the UK government kept its promise by publishing a list of over 200 employers on 21...

Avery Ingram, who takes her initials from the acronym AI, for artificial intelligence, is an entirely virtual software developer created by UK start-up February. Presented as the country's first...