Interesting piece on BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning about whether Settlement Agreements can effectively gag employees from raising concerns.The Dept for Health and Social Care says, "Gagging orders are completely unacceptable and have no place in the NHS." 1:24 in.

Suzanne Easton from our team comments on the article in The Times yesterday "NHS is told it could learn from McDonald's" ibexgale.com/insights

Publication of the Government Response to the Joint Committee on the Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill Pre-legislative Scrutiny Report :Written statement - HLWS1104 - UK Parliament parliament.uk/business/publi… via UK Parliament

The Government have published their response to the Joint Committee on the Draft HSSI Bill gov.uk/government/pub…

Carly Varney, Associate at ibex gale, writes about unconscious bias in workplace investigations, looking at the case of Mr R Hastings v Kings College Hospital Trust where £1m damages was awarded. ibexgale.com/insights

We are recruiting for a former employment lawyer to join our growing company. Details at ibexgale.com/our-people/wor…

Should staff share their personal views at work? If you have an outspoken employee here are some guidelines ibexgale.com/insights/can-s…

Over the past few years we have all experienced change in some form. Our Associate, Kate talks through a checklist to managing change in the workplace effectively. #changemanagement #ibexgale ibexgale.com/a-checklist-fo…

Recording investigation interviews - good practice or not? ibex gale director David Major shares his thoughts here ibexgale.com/insights/audio… #workplaceinvestigations #recordinginterviews #peoplemanagement

We are recruiting! See our job description for an Employment Lawyer to join our team. ibexgale.com/our-people/wor…