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Managing Conflict in the Workplace: A 4 Point Plan for HR Teams
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Holidays or Long Term, Should You Allow Employees to Work from Abroad?
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Preventing Workplace Christmas Party Disasters: Dealing with Alcohol, Secret Santa and Out of Control Employees
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Alcohol at the Christmas Party: How to Prevent 3 Sobering HR Problems
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Secret Santa: 3 Ways to Keep Gift-Giving Fun, Without Unwrapping HR Issues
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Dignity at Work: Do Your Team Know the Behaviour Boundaries?
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New Code of Conduct for Directors: A Commitment Towards Ethical Leadership
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From Mate to Manager: 8 Steps to Help Navigate this Crucial Career Shift
One of the challenges that HR often meets is supporting individuals in their move from ‘mate to manager’. Stepping into a…
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Policy Template: Sexual Harassment
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Mental Wellbeing During Workplace Investigations
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Government Employment Law Reforms
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Can Employers Take Action Against Employees for Poor Behaviour Unrelated to Work?
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General Election 2024: At a Glance
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How to Support Carers in the Workplace
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The latest updates from the employment Tribunal - April 2024
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Employment Law Update – Mar 2024
The latest update from the Employment Tribunal - March 2024.
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How to be Respectfully Curious about Mental Health
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Employment Law Update – Feb 2024
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The End of ‘Fire and Rehire’? Government Announces First Step in Tackling the Controversial Use of Dismissal and Re-engagement
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Policy Template: Substance Misuse Policy
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Can I Train Witnesses for the Employment Tribunal?
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Vista Collaborate with Leading Mental Wellbeing Provider, Thrive UK
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Reasonable Steps v All Reasonable Steps
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Employment Law Update – Jan 2024
The latest updates from the Employment Tribunal - January 2024.
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How to Translate the Five Ways to Wellbeing into Great People Management
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Holiday Entitlement Employment Law Clinic
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Vista’s 5 Ways to Wellbeing
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Employment Law Update – November & December 23
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How to Manage Conflict Using Insights Colour Energies
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Webinar: How to Say No Like a Pro
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Neurodiversity Policy
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Bringing ‘outside of work’ issues, inside work: How to make your sexual harassment training stick
Recent research from Sport England has revealed that some 60% of women worry about the risk of sexual harassment whilst out…
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The Risk of Wilful Blindness: Why Ignorance Isn’t Always Bliss
Some tools & techniques to help HR teams to tackle Wilful Blindness and achieve a respectful and inclusive culture.
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Neurodiversity & the Employment Law Framework
Understanding how the employment law framework applies to neurodiversity, and some tips from our experts on how to manage the increase…
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How Sexual Harassment Harms Psychological Safety
How sexual harassment harms psychological safety (and what to do about it). An interactive webinar with our employment law and training…
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Employment Law Update – Sept 2023
The latest cases from the employment tribunal and what we can learn from them.
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How To Build a Business Case for a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Budget
Here’s a solid basis for your business case, that will do a great job in selling DEI strategy to the top.
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Discrimination Arising from Disability – Pilkington UK Ltd v Jones
Pilkington UK Ltd v Jones has just made its way through the employment appeal tribunal and is an interesting case that…
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The New Proposed Positive Duty to Prevent Sexual Harassment – Where are we now?
The latest updates on the new proposed positive duty to prevent sexual harassment.
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Neurodiversity: Recent Case Law
Suzanne Pipe gives us an overview of new case law surrounding neurodiversity.
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Employment Law Update – July 2023
The latest cases from the Employment Tribunal, and what we can learn from them.
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Religion & Belief Discrimination in Higgs v Farmor’s School
The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case of Higgs v Farmor’s School provides a helpful guide on the nuances of the manifestation…
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EAT Judgment: Fire Brigades Union v Mr P Embery
The Fire Brigades Union has just won it's appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. The case has a couple of really…
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What Can HR and D&I Professionals do to Support Employee Mental Health?
HR and D&I professionals play a vital role in supporting employee mental health, and creating a workplace where all employees feel…
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Mental Health & Employment Law FAQ’s
Our employment law specialists answer the top questions we're always asked about managing mental health in the workplace.
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How to Create a Neuroinclusive Culture when Working Remotely
Practical guidance and strategies for employers, to help you foster a neuroinclusive culture, even if you work remotely.
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What Are Micro-Incivilities?
Micro-incivilities are behaviours that reveal negative bias that undermines others and draw attention to differences. They are disrespectful and excluding, whether…
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Mental Health at Work: HR’s Guide to Going Formal
The answers to some of the questions we are asked about managing mental health at work alongside a formal HR process.
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Building an Inclusive Culture: Navigating Respectful and Disrespectful Questions
How to ask respectful questions.
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Vento Bands: Explained
Vento bands: What are they? What do they mean? And what are the factors that the employment tribunal will be taking…
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A Guide to Gender Identity Terms
A list of the key gender identity terms and their explanations, and a download of the full gender identity terms guide…
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Tipping and Gratuity – Employees to get their Fair Share in new Legislation Proposals
The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 has received royal assent, here's what you need to know.
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Gender Pronouns Guide
It is estimated there are around 78 gender pronouns now in use, to promote and contribute to an inclusive workforce we've…
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Gender Identity Terms: Extended Guide
An extended guide to the key gender identity terms.
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Achieving the International Standard for Diversity and Inclusion (ISO 30415)
In 2021 we became the first organisation in the world to be awarded the International ISO standard for Diversity and Inclusion,…
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3 Helpful Phrases to Use When Having Conversations about an Employee’s Mental Health
3 helpful phrases to use when you are having a conversation about mental health. Try these techniques to avoid a conversational…
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Vista Welcomes Two New Learning Experts to its Team
We are so excited to be strengthening our learning team with two new employee relations training experts, Sharon Andrew and Sarah…
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Should you have a Separate Mental Health Policy?
The pros and cons of introducing a specific Mental Health Policy in your workplace.
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Mental Health Policy Template
A free template policy for you to use in your organisation.
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Employment Law Update – April 2023
The latest cases from the employment tribunal, and what we can learn from them.
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Employment Contracts: A Health Check
Here are our tips on how to give your employment contracts a regular health check.
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Managing Stress in the Workplace: HR FAQ’s
We look at some of the common stress related questions we are asked by clients, and some practical steps you can…
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Wellbeing at Work Action Plan
A free Wellbeing Action Plan to support conversations around positive mental health and wellbeing at work.
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Gender Inclusivity Guide: Gender discussions into bite sized chunks
Gender inclusivity can be a complex area to navigate. This Gender Inclusivity Guide breaks this big topic down into bite-sized chunks.
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The Hallmarks of a Fair Redundancy
The Vista team walk quickfire through the fundamentals of ensuring your Redundancy process is a fair one.
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InView – Employment Law Update – February 2023
The latest updates from the employment tribunal.
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Employment Law Update – InView – Jan 2023
The latest cases and learnings from the employment tribunal.
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Calculating Holiday Entitlement for Part-time Workers
Here's a quick reference guide to how to calculate holiday entitlement.
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Managing the Legalities of Maternity Leave – Four Easy Tips for HR Professionals to Avoid the Pitfalls
Women’s football is in the news again with Reading captain Emma Mukandi criticising the club for failing to support her as…
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Fertility in the Workplace: An Action Plan for Employers & Managers
16% of the workforce are impacted by fertility issues. Here is an action plan to help you to support fertility in…
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Template: Fertility Policy
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Employment Law Update – InView – November 22
The latest cases and learnings from the employment tribunal.
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InView Case: Legal Privilege – Oct 22
Our team look at the case of University of Dundee v Chakraborty, which highlights the importance of getting investigations right first…
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InView – Employment Law Update – October 2022
We look at the latest cases emerging from the employment tribunal.
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Menopause at Work: 5 Useful Resources for Employers
Here are some of our favourite resources for HR teams to share with their managers & employees at work.
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Long COVID – Disability or Not? Quinn v Sense Scotland
Our team review the case of Quinn v Sense Scotland.
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Whistleblowing: The Latest on Kong v Gulf International Bank UK Ltd
Chris MacNaughton reviews the latest on the case of Kong v Gulf International Bank UK Ltd.
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InView – Employment Law Update – September 2022
We round up the latest cases from the employment tribunal.
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The Queen’s Funeral – Top HR Questions, Answered
Our guidance to the top FAQ's from HR teams regarding the 19th September 2022.
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Webinar: Collective Bargaining & Prepping for Strike Action
A webinar designed for HR professionals & delivered by two leading industry experts, Collective Bargaining & Prepping for Strike Action.
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How to manage football fans during the World Cup: three simple tips for HR professionals
We’re on the horizon of World Cup season and rather than focussing on the football, we’re looking at how HR professionals…
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The Hallmarks of Managing a Remote or Hybrid Workforce
How can employees working in a hybrid or remote working environment be managed effectively? Here are some of our hallmarks of…
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Download: How to Open and Close an Investigation
A practical and easy to understand guide to opening and closing an investigation meeting successfully.
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InView – Employment Law Update – July 2022
Things have been hotting up in the tribunal in July, here's our round up of the latest cases.
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Backfilling Strike Action with Agency Workers – The Practical Implications for Employers
Employers can now use agency workers to backfill striking workers. What does this mean for employers? Here's an overview of what’s…
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InView – Employment Law Update – June 2022
The latest from the employment tribunal this month.
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Vista Amplifies Its Employee Relations Training with New Appointment
Vista is pleased to introduce you to the newest member to our Learning team, Beth Armstrong. Beth joined Vista this month…
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Changes to Fit Note Legislation – What do HR need to know?
The Government has introduced new Fit Note legislation from the 1st July 2022: here's the detail.
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How to Write a Better Disciplinary Outcome Letter
We’ve compiled a draft disciplinary outcome letter which may look suitable on the surface, but we’ve highlighted some suggested improvements to…
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Template: Disciplinary Outcome Letter
A draft disciplinary outcome letter which may look suitable on the surface, but we’ve highlighted some suggested improvements to ensure that…
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Template: Carers Policy
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InView – Employment Law Update – May 2022
What's the latest news from the employment tribunal this month?
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Employment Law Update – Spring 2022 Round-Up
We've just finished all our client employment law updates for Spring. As valued members of our resource hub community, we wanted…
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How to Keep the Logistics of a Change Programme in Check
Large scale change or redundancy programmes can be logistical nightmares, with hundreds of settlement agreements to negotiate and a minefield of…
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InView – Employment Law Update – April 2022
What's the latest news from the employment tribunal this month?
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How to Support Managers with Trade Union Relationships
Trade Union action is on the rise in the UK. There have been many headlines recently about threats of, and actual,…
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Paternity Leave – The Facts
We look at the detail of who is eligible for paternity leave, how long is it, when is it taken and…
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Employment Law Update: InView March 2022
What's new from the tribunal this month? We cover the latest case law and learnings for HR in the March Update.
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Download: Genuine Belief Based on Reasonable Grounds Flowchart
Our learning experts have put together this workflow to help you come to, and be confident in your decision.
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P&O Ferries: What’s Going On & What Employment Law Lessons Can We Learn?
The news is rife with the announcement that P&O Ferries have sacked 800 workers without notice. Stephen takes a quick look…
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How this game-changing technique will change the way your managers run workplace investigations forever
Have you heard of our 3-part technique for planning workplace investigations? We designed it when we discovered that managers were consistently…
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What to do when an Employee Refuses Consent for a Medical Report
Employers may need to request medical reports for an employee for plenty of reasons. But what if they refuse? Here’s 3…
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Responding to Data Subject Access Requests – Top Tips for Employers
In this guidance note we cover the key stages of responding and how to manage the request appropriately.
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Fire and Rehire – Employees Win Injunction this Time
The latest update on this case is here. The practice of “fire and rehire” to vary the terms and conditions of…
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InView – Employment Law Update – February 22
There's plenty happening in the tribunals this month, as well as a brand new look and feel to our updates. We're…
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Religion & Belief Discrimination: Fear of Catching Covid-19 is not a Protected Belief
An employment tribunal has found that a fear of catching Covid-19 is not a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010…
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Flexible Working in Walsh v Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
An employee has the right to make a flexible working request after the completion of 26 weeks continuous service. The legislation…
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Vista Launches New Resource Hub for HR Professionals
Hello, HR community! We’ve been listening to your feedback, and we’ve just launched a brand-new resource hub for HR professionals. Everything…
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Remote hearings: How to prepare for a remote tribunal hearing
We’re head on into another year where remote hearings will be a mainstay of HR professionals and employment lawyers’ lives. We’ve…
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Working from Home Anxiety
Remote working during the Coronavirus pandemic has delivered fresh challenges for management and for employees. In this series of blogs, (more…
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Remote Working: I Don’t Feel Part of my Team
Remote working during the Coronavirus pandemic has delivered fresh challenges for management and for employees. In this series of blogs, (more…
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Remote Working: I Can’t Switch Off
Remote working during the Coronavirus pandemic has delivered fresh challenges for management and for employees. In this series of blogs, (more…
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How to Prevent Proximity Bias in a Remote Workforce
Remote working offers many benefits to businesses and employees alike, but it also introduces several new workforce challenges, one of those…
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Remote Working: I Don’t Feel I can Speak Up in Video Calls
Remote working during the Coronavirus pandemic has delivered fresh challenges for management and for employees. In this series of blogs, (more…
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Remote Working: Arranging a Meeting Feels too Formal Sometimes
Remote working during the Coronavirus pandemic has delivered fresh challenges for management and for employees. In this series of blogs, (more…
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Accelerated Learning: How to apply the principles in a virtual classroom
How can we apply accelerated learning in the digital classroom? Here’s our experience. Place your pen on a piece of paper…
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Employment Law Update – November 2021
Welcome to this month’s employment law update. In November we’re covering: The controversial Kostal UK v Dunkley case – the Supreme Court…
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Podcast: How to Run an Investigation
Vista’s Head of Learning, Vicky Roberts joined the HR Uprising team to discuss how to run an investigation. Before diving straight…
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Employment Law Update – October 2021
Welcome to this months employment law update. In October we’re covering: Sexual harassment in the workplace is in the spotlight…
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Hybrid, Remote and Flexible Working: What’s the Difference?
Our new world of work includes hybrid working, remote working, and flexible working. Each term can be easily confused but each…
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Diversity Training: Responding to the Voices that say it Doesn’t Work
There has been plenty of articles of over the years pointing out why diversity training does not work. Whilst it’s not…
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Employment Law Update – September 2021
Welcome to this month’s employment law update. In September we’re covering: A direct discrimination case where Muslim employees were banned from…
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Discrimination and the Shifting Burden of Proof: Why Employers Need to ‘Show Their Workings’
Section 13(1) of the Equality Act 2010 defines discrimination as occurring where “because of a protected characteristic, A treats B less…
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Guidance Note: Redundancy – A Headline Overview
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The Question Sandwich: A Practical Technique to use in a HR Investigation
When chairing a HR investigation, there are three main issues we come across: Managers aren’t completely clear about what they are…
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Podcast: How to Handle Flexible Working Requests In A Hybrid World
Vicky Roberts, Director and Head of Learning here at Vista recently had the pleasure of joining Lucinda Carney and the HR…
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How to ‘Hybrid’: Tips to implement a hybrid working environment that works for everyone
Hybrid working was a phrase that few of us were familiar with prior to 2020. Covid19 has seen huge changes in…
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How to give feedback is one of the top questions we’re asked at Vista Learning HQ. When your managers are giving…
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Returning from Furlough: How to welcome back your employees
Furlough is set to end in September 2021. There will be some employees who could have been away from the workplace…
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Do you have a problem with harassment at work?
The understanding that ‘harassment at work can happen unintentionally’ is nothing new to HR or learning and development, and it could…
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Employment Law Update – July 2021
Welcome to July’s employment law update where we cover the latest news from the employment tribunal. This month we’re covering: Strike…
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Inappropriate Behaviour at Work: Why Don’t we Speak Up?
It’s happened to most of us. ‘That joke’ (or comment, action or question) at work that made us feel uncomfortable. And…
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Investigation Report Template [Interactive!]
This interactive investigation report template is popular in our investigations training as it gives managers a structure to work towards as…
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How to Write an Investigation Report: Tips for your Managers
A good investigation report is one that is impartial, based on facts and stays true to evidence. Now, all organisations do…
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Estate Agent Hits Headlines for Employee’s Racist Tweet: A Developing Problem for Employers
The dark side of football showed its ugly face once again after Sunday’s Euro Final, as within minutes of the final…
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Planning an Investigation: A Confidence Boosting Technique for your Managers
There are two reasons why planning an investigation before diving into questioning is important: The investigation forms the basis of a…
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Employment Law Update – June 2021
Welcome to this month’s employment law update. In June we’re taking a look at: A health and safety dismissal case that…
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How to Manage Football Fans During Euro 2020: Tips for HR teams
This week marks the first ‘working week’ where managers and HR teams will be managing employees during Euro 2020. Games are…
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Employment Law Update – May 2021
Welcome to this month’s employment law update. With lockdown restrictions easing, May has seen plenty of action, hasn’t it? The tribunal…
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5 Hybrid & Remote Working Questions: Answered.
There can’t be a HR team in the land that hasn’t had a recent discussion about hybrid working and remote working.…
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Employment Law Update – April 2021
Welcome to this months employment law update. We’re starting with a note for the wary (particularly those involved in collective changes): recent…
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Covid-19 Vaccinations: Recording Data & GDPR
Lots of our clients have been asking about recording vaccination data and GDPR. Its an interesting question, so we spent some…
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Employment Law Update – March 2021
Welcome to this months employment law update. We’re talking all things Uber, managing difficult conversations about returning to work post-pandemic and…
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Performance Management or Bullying?
This technique is proving a hit in our performance management training. When managers begin to put more focus on managing their…
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Employment Law Update – February 2021
Welcome to this months employment law update. We’ve got plenty of interesting tribunal cases for you to get your teeth into,…
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Employers Right to Test for Covid-19
The Government has announced that firms with more than 50 staff members will now be eligible for COVID testing in their…
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Covid-19 Vaccinations and Employers Rights
As the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination continues, it raises an interesting question for employers. Can employers make the vaccination a…
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How to Make Sure your Equality and Diversity Training Doesn’t Go Stale
This month the word ‘banter’ was yet again the subject of a tribunal claim. In Allay (UK) Ltd v Gehlen the…
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Employment Law Update – January 2021
Welcome to the first update of 2021! We’re kicking off the year with a selection of interesting cases from the Tribunal,…
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Dependents Leave during the Pandemic: The Tricky Questions
As we head into the third official lockdown in the UK, our clients are asking us how best to help their…
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New Immigration Rules: Key Points for Employers and What to do Now
The new immigration rules will apply after 11.00pm on 31 December 2020. EEA nationals living in the UK at that time…
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Employment Law Update – September 2020
Hello and welcome to our latest employment law update. We had a short break in August, so this month we have…
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Employment Law Update – July 2020
Hello and welcome to this months employment law update. Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of our Redundancy Resource…
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How to Manage an Influx of Flexible Working Requests Post Covid-19
Back in December 2019 we spent some time looking at the legal responsibilities for employers when dealing with flexible working requests.…
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Employment Law Update – June 2020
Welcome to this months employment law update. This one is sure to help you over the coming weeks and months as…
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New TUPE Case Paves the way for Employees to Transfer to Multiple Transferees at the Same Time
Most of us have been distracted by Covid-19 since March and could therefore be forgiven for missing a potentially very disruptive…
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Employment Law Update – May 2020
Welcome to the latest edition of our employment law update. This month, we’re looking at the light at the end of…
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How to Run a Remote Disciplinary Hearing
What are the things we need to think about when running a remote disciplinary hearing? The legal requirements can be boiled…
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Employment Law Update – April 2020
Welcome to the April edition of Vista’s employment law update. This month we are continuing to bring you up to the…
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The Digital Classroom: The Triune Brain
We use the reptilian, or Triune brain as part of our training on a variety of topics. Its a great tool…
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How to Diagnose Performance Problems when Working from Home
All employers are having to react to the challenges arising from the Coronavirus outbreak. For many, this means a switch to…
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How to Diagnose Performance Problems when Working from Home
Here’s our technique for diagnosing performance problems in your team when working remotely. It will help your managers diagnose what might…
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Unfair Dismissal & The Role of an Investigator
This month we are looking at the tribunal case of Uddin v London Borough of Ealing. This case was heard by…
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Employment Law Update – February 2020
In this months employment law update we have a whole host of cases which focus on workplace investigations. For advice on…
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What if my Employment Tribunal Witness has Left the Business?
Stephen Foster answers a series of FAQ’s about the employment tribunal process. We cover; what to do when your witness has…
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Dealing with a Disciplinary Appeal: Tips for your Managers
Your manager is in the frame to chair a disciplinary appeal hearing. Here is a quick guide from 10to3, to make…
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What is ‘Dignity at Work’ Anyway?
Dignity at work is the title of our flagship training programme at Vista. But what does dignity at work really mean?…
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Employment Law Update – January 2020
Happy new year and welcome to the first employment law update of 2020. By now, most people will have returned to…
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How to Avoid Discrimination in Recruitment
Failing to offer a candidate a position because of a protected characteristic is unlawful and amounts to direct discrimination. We don’t…
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The Biggest Tribunal Cases of 2019, and What to Look Out for in 2020
The most significant tribunal cases of 2019 saw decisions made in both the European and UK courts. We’ve put together a…
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Is Mistletoe a Defence to Sexual Harassment?
It’s Christmas party day at the office. Christmas jumper day – done. Christmas quiz – won. Christmas lunch – devoured. Spirits…
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Racism at Manchester Derby Raises Questions about Disciplinary Action
The Manchester Derby match this weekend sadly hit the headlines due to racist chanting and gesturing aimed towards players. The actions…
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The Legalities of Managing a Flexible Working Request
Historically, flexible working requests have been associated with working mums. Fast forward a few years and the benefit is now seen…
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Employment Law Update – November 2019
It seems like just yesterday we were kicking off 2019 and wondering what the year would hold. Now we are at…
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Are Vegetarianism and Veganism Protected under The Equality Act?
The recent tribunal case of Conisbee v Crossley Farms looked at whether Vegetarianism should be viewed at as a philosophical belief…
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Employment Law Update – October 2019
The nights are now drawing in and it’s definitely starting to feel like winter. Don’t worry if you don’t feel like…
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What to Do When an Employee is Off Sick with a Pending Investigation
Often employees think that by getting themselves signed off sick they can avoid disciplinary proceedings. As HR professionals, we know that…
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What to Do When an Employee is Off Sick with a Pending Investigation
Do you have an employee off sick pending an investigation? Often employees think that by getting themselves signed off sick they…
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Dismissal During Probation due to Sickness: What Can Employers Do?
Probationary periods and sickness absence are not two ingredients that make for a smooth employment relationship. Whether employers can dismiss during…
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Dismissal During Probation due to Sickness: What Can Employers Do?
Probationary periods and sickness absence are not two ingredients that make for a smooth employment relationship. Whether employers can dismiss during…
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Managing Sickness Absence and Ill Health: Not the Best Person for the Job
When an employee is off sick or unable to carry out their current duties, and they are disabled within the definition…
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Managing Sickness Absence and Ill Health: Not the Best Person for the Job
Senior Employment Lawyer at Vista, Claire Rosney answers a frequently asked question from Vista HQ: Do employers have to offer an…
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Should Employers Offer Full Pay on a Phased Return to Work?
We’re often asked about phased returns to work, and what this means for employees’ pay packets. Suzanne Pipe, Employment Lawyer at…
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