Resources

In October 2024 the Living Wage Foundation announced an increase in the Real Living Wage to £12.60 per hour, a voluntary wage rate that is calculated based on the cost of living and is intended to provide a decent standard of living for employees. 

In this podcast we are joined by Mary McManus, Regional Manager for Living Wage NI, based in Advice NI (a partnership between Advice NI and the Living Wage Foundation and funded by the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland) and Elaine Clarke, Director of Employment Relations Services at the Labour Relations Agency, to talk more about what the Real Wage standard is, where it came from and the challenges and benefits for employers of signing up.  

This knowledge nugget discusses the implications of AI in the workplace for both employers and employees. It covers employee rights, employer responsibilities, and best practices for implementing AI technologies.

This is a transcript of our podcast examining the Department for the Economy's "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill Consultation.

The podcast is available to listen to at https://www.lra.org.uk/resources/good-jobs-employment-rights-bill-consu…

The last number of years has been a fallow period in terms of new employment legislation in Northern Ireland, which has seen a growing divergence between employment law here and in Great Britain. 

We are joined by Ciara Fulton, Partner and Head of law firm Lewis Silkin in Northern Ireland where she works in their Employment, Immigration and Reward division, and Patricia Coulter, Employment Relations Manager and Knowledge guru at the Labour Relations Agency, to look at the contents of the Department for the Economy's "Good Jobs" Employment Rights Bill consultation. 

The consultation is available at  https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/consultations/good-jobs-employment-rights-bill

The transcript of this podcast is available at https://www.lra.org.uk/resources/good-jobs-employment-rights-bill-consu…

This brief guide is aimed at helping employers support employees impacted by the racism we are seeing on our streets.

It includes references to other useful guides and resources that we offer, including our:

-Hate Crime guides;

-Joint Declaration of Protection (for Dignity at Work and Inclusive Working Environment); and our

-Knowledge Nugget webinar on having Respectful Conversations. 

All are available via our Employment Document Toolkit. The Hate Crime guides and the Joint Declaration are in the Workplace Bullying section, while the Respectful Conversations webinar is in the Knowledge Nuggets section. Registration for our Toolkit is free of charge.

This knowledge nugget is a bite-sized look at the key differences in Flexible Working legislation between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. An overview of April 2024 changes in GB, the current criteria, and compliant processes here in NI and a look at the future of this trending topic, all within 15 minutes.

In this knowledge nugget on the topic of "Neurodiversity in the Workplace", we demystify the terms involved and provide advice and guidance on promoting a neuro-inclusive workplace and complying with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

This programme brochure has been prepared for our second Pride Panel discussion event. At our 'Safe at Home, Safe at Work' event we'll be discussing the issue of domestic violence and abuse through the LGBTQIA+ lens.

This webinar provides guidance on the importance of encouraging positive performance and how to recognise and address issues of underperformance in the workplace.

This webinar looks at the impact of social media in today’s workplace and the issues employers and employees need to consider regarding it.

This webinar focuses on what the terms of an employment contract are and the law around how and when an employer can vary these terms.

This short webinar provides a brief overview of Public Interest Disclosure aiming to raise awareness of both the law and good practice in the workplace.