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Employment weekly highlights—28 April 2022

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Published on: 28 April 2022

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This week's edition of Employment highlights includes: (1) new Presidential Guidance on employment tribunals taking oral evidence from persons abroad, (2) an EAT judgment on a party being able to request a transcript of employment tribunal proceedings where an audio recording had been made by HMCTS, (3) the HMCTS operational summary for the week commencing 25 April 2022, (4) a report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the disability pay gap, (5) the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) review of Britain's human rights record, (6) an action plan and checklist produced by the EHRC and UKHospitality to tackle sexual harassment in hospitality sector, (7) a report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) on flexible and hybrid working, (8) updated government guidance on the temporary relaxation of retained EU drivers’ hours rules, (9) publication of the results of a survey carried out by Acas on redundancy plans for UK businesses, (10) new research published by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK Anti-Slavery Commissioner, and Lancaster University which shows...

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