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.

The Chartered Governance Institute has today published guidance about ‘Shareholder meetings under the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020’. The guidance has been drafted by a Working Party of the City of London Law Society Company Law Committee and the Institute, with the support of GC100, the Investment Association and the Quoted Companies Alliance. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Financial Reporting Council have both endorsed the guidance, which is an updated version of guidance about AGMs issued by the Institute in March 2020.

ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute is pleased to announce details of the newly elected branch council for its Isle of Man branch, which supports members and students of the Institute living and working on the island. The branch plays a crucial role in promoting good governance on the Isle of Man, something which enhances the island’s reputation as a good place to business.

Today, a public consultation on the Charity Governance Code opens, to shape and inform updates to the Code.

The consensus among politicians, citizens, and even executives themselves, is that capitalism serves only to enrich the elites while ignoring ordinary people.

Considers the potential impacts of the UK’s departure from the European Union on the efforts against modern slavery.

Improved ESG (Environmental, social and corporate governance) has been seen as a positive response to the crisis and as a means by which we can drive change in businesses for good.