Protecting Academic Freedom: A Major Success

All Members, Free Speech

Protecting Academic Freedom: A Major Success Affinity has won a complex grievance against a major university which sought to restrict one of its staff from undertaking a research project based on an unjustifiable objection to an element of the research. For reasons...

Whistleblowing

All Members

Whistleblowing Predictably we are now receiving more enquiries about whistleblowing or, in the jargon, making a protected disclosure. Why was this predictable? Because over the last 20 years most businesses have swung from well-intended and supportive personnel...

The Changing Face of Representation

All Members

The Changing Face of Representation It’s stating the obvious to say that over the last 30 years the workplace has changed dramatically through a combination of technology and much different employer and employee attitudes. One of the areas affected most has been what...

Campaigning For Fair Treatment At Work

Advice, All Members

Campaigning For Fair Treatment At Work Affinity has successfully concluded a longstanding campaign in the financial services industry to improve the working lives of people who work for employers regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Members mostly see...

Positive Results For A Four-Day Working Week

Advice, All Members

Positive Results For A Four-Day Working Week Between June and December 2022, 61 UK companies of varying sizes and in different industries took part in a four-day working week trial. The conditions of the trial were that each of the 2900 workers had to have a...

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