Winter 2022 and the cost of living crisis

Alongside the usual risks and issues – from seasonal bugs to Christmas parties – the “permacrisis” means that in-house legal and HR teams will face a plethora of new considerations this winter. In this episode, Jonathan Rennie and Grace Caldicott discuss everything from writing hardship policies and offering early access to wages, to the pros and cons of different kinds of flexible working policies and how to normalise conversations about money.

They also offer advice on:

• What to do if an employee starts a second job
• The role of communication in health and wellbeing
• Avoiding bias and minimising the risk of discrimination claims
• Interpreting contract terms 

Our news section highlights a new pay transparency law in New York, while our listener’s question touches on Elon Musk’s email to Twitter staff asking them to commit to working “long hours at high intensity” and being “extremely hardcore”.

Further reading:

• CIPD: Cost of living crisis
• CIPD: Tackling in-work poverty
• HSE: Home working
• TLT: Bellman Christmas party ruling

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