According to recent research from the TUC, just 9,200 out of more than 900,000 eligible parents chose to use shared parental leave last year. Four years after the system as introduced, the TUC found the take-up of shared parental leave was still so low because the majority of new fathers could not afford to live on of the weekly payment of £145.

A paramedic who fell out the back of an ambulance and suffered a long-term injury was unfairly dismissed, an employment tribunal in Croydon ruled.

Recent evidence has revealed that the number of people hugging at work is on the rise. A 2016 survey discovered that over 50% of executives working in the marketing and advertising sector said that hugging among colleagues was a regular occurrence – a third more than in 2011. Experts believe the laidback culture found in many workplaces today is the reason for the increase in hugging.

Recent research from the United States has found that sexual harassment in the workplace is a pervasive, chronic problem that can cause enduring psychological harm.