Unions Access all areas? Understanding the new trade union access regime With new rights soon coming into force, employers face a fundamental shift in how trade unions can engage with their workforce Labour Reforms Preparing for the new landscape of trade union recognition The UK’s Employment Rights Act has made statutory recognition easier to achieve and opened the door to earlier union involvement Equality What happens when equality representatives get statutory teeth? New rights to paid time off and workplace facilities give trade union reps a more prominent role Industrial action Understanding stronger detriment protections for striking workers New rules strengthen protected industrial action, while creating fresh challenges for employers managing strikes and maintaining business continuity Misclassification eCourier drivers’ misclassification claim “likely” to succeed, tribunal finds Judge said UK delivery firm would struggle to distinguish its independent contractor defence from Uber’s before it Disputes BHP faces union-funded class action in fresh challenge to holiday work Latest claim expands on earlier ruling finding miner unlawfully made staff work on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in 2019 Discrimination Age-bias damages cannot stretch to retirement, German court rules Federal Labour Court finds employer no longer liable for lost earnings after candidate found suitable work Wellbeing From old taboo to new standard: Menstruation and menopause enter the HR rulebook No longer just personal matters, new ISO guidance urges employers to take symptoms that affect millions of workers more seriously Disputes WSJ guilty of interfering with Hong Kong journalist’s union rights Dow Jones sought to prevent Selina Cheng from becoming chair of journalists’ union, but court finds insufficient evidence over her dismissal Events Global Employment Summit International Employment Lawyer is delighted to announce that the third Global Employment Summit will take place on Thursday 15th October at Convene 117 W 46th Street, New York.The full-day event will bring together leading in-house counsel, HR and ER professionals, and private practitioners from across the world to take a deep dive into the key issues impacting the management of global workforces from the vantage point of US-headquartered multinationals. Research IEL Monitor IEL Monitor is a forward-looking, fully searchable database of upcoming and prospective employment and labour legislation from around the world, designed to alert in-house teams of new laws and regulations, and support timely compliance. Private Practice Leaders Natural justice and the high cost of getting it wrong Private Practice Leaders We’re living in an uncertain and troubling world In-house interview I was overwhelmed by what I didn’t know after moving in-house