Welcome to this month's briefing for HR teams and in-house employment counsel – bringing you employment law highlights in an easy-to-read package with our monthly podcast.

Podcast: artificial intelligence and HR

Not since the invention of the internet has a technological development received as much attention as artificial intelligence, or AI. ChatGPT is only the best known of a series of very advanced computer systems that promise to revolutionise (or threaten the very existence of) the way we all work. HR and in-house employment legal teams need to engage with these rapidly advancing technologies, which have implications throughout the employment lifecycle. In this month’s podcast, employment associate Amy Powell and lawtech manager Oliver Jeffcott join Matthew Ramsey to discuss this fascinating area. Listen to their discussion.

Discrimination: what are "all reasonable steps"?

Our August article on sexual harassment covered the Government’s proposals to reform the law on harassment and sexual harassment. One of the key changes is to create an explicit duty on employers to take all reasonable steps to prevent harassment by third parties and sexual harassment at work. Although the Equality and Human Rights Commission has given some useful guidance on what taking all reasonable steps actually looks like in practice (and we expect an updated version of that guidance to sit alongside the new legislation as and when it completes its journey through Parliament), there have been...

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