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Failure to follow grievance procedure contributes to successful constructive dismissal claim

A charity manager was unfairly dismissed after she said she was ‘demoted’ when her role and responsibilities were shared with a colleague, a tribunal has found. An Employment Tribunal has ruled that a Care Attendant …

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Employment news

BMA commits to “necessary changes” following report of toxic work environment

An independent report has revealed that senior leaders at the British Medical Association (BMA) failed to stop discrimination, bullying and harassment towards staff and doctors. It also found that a large number of women, including doctors and …

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Research perspectives

Charities at risk to “insider” fraud

According to Charity Commission research Preventing Charity Fraud: Insight and Action more than half of fraud affecting charities is committed by people known to the organisation. The findings – the result of the largest survey …

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Research perspectives

Young women warn of ‘talk but no action’ on sexual harassment at work

Research by the Young Women’s Trust https://www.youngwomenstrust.org/assets/0001/2220/Sexual_harassment_briefing.pdf has revealed that one in four women still fear they will lose their job by reporting sexual harassment suggesting that progress in ending sexual harassment at work is still very …

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Company news

B3sixty welcomes Linda Laurance as a non–executive director

We are pleased to welcome Linda as our first non-executive director. Linda has been in the not-for-profit sector for most of her working life, as a Chief Executive and Chair, and latterly as a consultant …

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‘Managing workplace conflict: the changing role of HR’ : Steve Hodder reviews recent Acas research

October 2019 saw the publication of the latest in a series of Acas research papers. This research, conducted by Richard Saundry, University of Sheffield, Virginia Fisher, University of West England, and Sue Kinsey, University of …

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