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XpertHR is now Brightmine. This podcast brings you must-have employment law guidance, HR best practice and insights, from the team behind the UK's leading online HR resource.

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XpertHR is now Brightmine. This podcast brings you must-have employment law guidance, HR best practice and insights, from the team behind the UK's leading online HR resource.

    Global hiring: AI, EORs and worker misclassification risks

    Global hiring: AI, EORs and worker misclassification risks

    Miranda Zolot, general counsel at Oyster, talks about the benefits and challenges of distributed working and global hiring. Join her as she discusses subjects including:
    •    EORs and PEOs;
    •    compliance issues;
    •    employee/contractor misclassification risks; and
    •    AI.
    Related resources
    What is an employer of record?
    Hiring across borders: Five compliance challenges and how to solve them
    Guide for global employers: Recruitment and selection
    Guide for global employers: International assignments

    • 26 min
    Rethinking recruitment and reskilling

    Rethinking recruitment and reskilling

    According to research, almost half of the skills used by the workforce today will no longer be relevant in a couple of years. Given this context of a fast-evolving workplace with shifting needs, it's perhaps unsurprising that organisations are struggling to hire people with the right skills. What is to be done? Career mentor Laurie Macpherson joins us to discuss ways for HR and employees to begin to rethink recruitment and reskilling.
    Read the transcript here
    Related resources Four steps HR can take to help businesses and employees embrace the new "squiggly" careers era Whose responsibility is employee development anyway? Managing retention: Creating a retention strategy Global learning and development 2024: XpertHR survey report

    • 34 min
    Redundancy protection – what’s changed?

    Redundancy protection – what’s changed?

    A raft of employment law changes have come into effect over the past few months. In this edition of the podcast, Zeba Sayed and Stephen Simpson discuss some developments that have perhaps received less attention than others: the changes to special redundancy protection for family-related leave that came into force on 6 April 2024.
    Read the transcript here
    Want to learn more? April 2024 employment law changes: Eight-point checklist for HR
    Redundancy policy
    Redundancy: Letter offering suitable alternative vacancy to pregnant employee
    Redundancy during or after maternity leave: Letter offering suitable alternative vacancy to employee

    • 24 min
    Navigating conflicts of belief in the workplace

    Navigating conflicts of belief in the workplace

    International and domestic politics, issues of gender and sexuality: people disagree about lots of things. Understandably, many organisations worry about the impact of controversial beliefs being expressed in the workplace - perhaps because of the effect on other employees, perhaps just because of the distraction that disputes can cause.
    In this edition of the podcast, employment law specialist Darren Newman joins us to discuss how organisations can navigate conflicts of belief in the workplace. Darren sets out the relevant case law and tackles questions including:
    Can employers distinguish between what is said in the workplace and what is said elsewhere, eg on social media? Can they put rules in place governing how people talk about controversial issues? What can they do to protect themselves and their employees? Read the transcript here
    Related resources Gender reassignment discrimination: Gender fluid and non-binary identities are protected Religion or belief discrimination: Gender-critical belief is protected, EAT holds Balancing competing rights: A difficult challenge for employers

    • 40 min
    Employment tribunals - tips and traps

    Employment tribunals - tips and traps

    Running an employment tribunal claim can be complicated and requires careful management. We are joined by part-time employment tribunal judge Tina Elliott, who offers practical tips on how to prepare effectively.
    The topics we discuss include:
    case management hearings; document disclosure; witness statements; and video hearings Read the transcript here

    • 31 min
    Immigration changes in 2024 - how HR can prepare

    Immigration changes in 2024 - how HR can prepare

    We are joined by Louise Haycock, immigration solicitor and partner at law firm Fragomen, to discuss the latest immigration changes affecting employers and the workforce, and how HR can prepare for them.
    Read the transcript here
    Want to learn more? Record of all workers' right to work in UK form
    Employment law guide: Immigration rules and right to work
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    • 10 min

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