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The DfE published guidance in February 2024 to help schools develop and implement policies to prohibit mobile phone use, along with other similar smart technologies, throughout the school day, including during lessons, breaktimes and lunchtimes.
Are you making the most of your school land? The Department for Education's property company, LocatED, recently published advice to bodies with responsibility for school land and buildings about development opportunities, including land disposals.
In anticipation of the digitisation of the Tribunal process, amendments to the Employment Tribunal Rules of Procedure (ET Rules) will come into effect on 6 April 2024.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that an employer failed in its duty to make reasonable adjustments, when it did not offer a disabled employee a trial period in an alternative role.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed the narrow scope of rule which allows the extension of time if an appellant makes a 'minor error' in complying with service requirements.
As part of the Transforming Public Procurement reform, the Government sought feedback on the secondary legislation that will sit under the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act).
In a first instance decision delivered earlier this year, a Tribunal found that a professor's anti-Zionist beliefs were protected under the Equality Act.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed it is not necessary to submit a formal request in order to be protected from automatic unfair dismissal, as a consequence of seeking to take parental leave.
In a recent case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has clarified that respondents defending equal pay litigation are not required to produce evidence from a pay decision-maker.
Two recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decisions have been handed down in detriment and dismissal claims. The claimants were dismissed after expressing concerns about working arrangements during the pandemic.
In February this year, the UK Government published its response to a consultation on the regulation of AI. The essential question was: "How pro-innovation are we going to be here in the UK, and does that require new legislation?"
In a recent case, a University was handed a £1m bill to pay and a pharmaceutical company was left with a stunted development programme - and all for a £50k pre-clinical study.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that an employee was fairly dismissed for posting a racist joke to the staff intranet, despite his strong remorse over the incident.
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that a claimant's contract was terminated due to adverse publicity generated by her views expressed on social media, rather than because of the views themselves.