Accommodating employee and employer needs through more flexible approaches can help to retain talent and expand opportunities.

Recent events highlight the potential for multi-billion-pound claims for holiday pay, liability for horseplay and considerations regarding pay gap reporting.

Claims for furlough payments should be proactively reviewed to ensure accuracy and alignment with the spirit of the scheme.

Calculating a value for Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) can seem impractical. But it ought to be possible to figure out ‘return on governance investment’ using a well-defined framework. The returns from good cyber governance show how it might be done.

A change in market sentiment on ESG has seen fund inflows fall. But new legislation and regulation of ESG rating agencies could arrest the current backlash by firming up ESG criteria and helping companies demonstrate compliance with good, objective, ESG criteria.

In the first of our pieces looking at the future of EDI, Ruth asks: is the president’s anti-woke rhetoric sticking?

An Independent Regulator for Football ought to usher in a new era of good governance for the beautiful game. But the journey to this point reminds us: getting the right model over the line won’t be a tap-in.

The 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code came into effect at the start of 2025. We asked the FRC to offer some practical context for its application in reports this year. The changes focus on transparency, evidence and good governance.

Pregnancy, paternity, protective awards, and pay (or lack thereof).