Kate Palmer, Author at HRZone

Kate Palmer

Peninsula

HR Advice and Consultancy Director

A thought leader on HR and employment law, Kate is the Director of HR Advice and Consultancy at global employment law consultancy, Peninsula.

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Is the right to disconnect feasible in the UK working landscape?

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How employers can prepare for the influx of fresh employment law in 2024

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Are ‘love’ and ‘mate’ appropriate in the workplace?

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What HR needs to consider when organising work Christmas parties

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Sexual harassment at work: Watered-down Worker Protection Bill passes Parliament

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How employers can help employees at risk of homelessness

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Employee pushes back on natural hair colour policy with “terrible wigs”

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Time’s up for workplace bullies: New bill to tackle bad behaviour

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Five of the weirdest HR queries from around the world

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Barefaced discrimination: Can employers really force workers to shave?

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The Worker Protection Bill – what is it and how will it affect employers?

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Mystery lunch thief at the BBC takes office drama to new spicy heights

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Menopause support shelved by government: Employers are not off the hook

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How HR can keep the lights on during blackouts this winter

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Maradona once hailed football a religion. Does employment law agree?

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‘No snowflakes’ – is job advert discriminatory, or just direct?

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Is this punishment for tardy staff a step too far?

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Heatwave measures in place are not fit for menopause sufferers

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What can businesses learn from the Tory leadership race?

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Should employers be worried about monkeypox?