“Is it true you don’t have to stay in the office if it gets too hot?”

…this and other common HR myths debunked!
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The sun has well and truly got its hat on at the moment. But if you’re working in an office without air conditioning, you’re probably not enjoying the prolonged heat wave that most of the UK is currently experiencing. In fact, as the mercury rises and tempers start to fray, it’s not uncommon for rumours to start flying round the office that you should be sent home when it gets “too hot”. Unfortunately for those workers taking it in turns to stand in front of the office’s one ancient fan, that’s not quite true. Read on to discover more about that myth and some other common HR misconceptions about the summer.

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Menopause – The final frontier for discriminating lawyers…

No area of law has developed quite so quickly or quite so comprehensively as the law of Discrimination. Since the Race Relations Act in 1965 and the Equal Pay Act in 1970, we have protected society from discrimination by race, gender, age, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation and gender reassignment and have demanded that employers make reasonable adjustments to prevent discrimination in the work place.

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