Social media has many of us hooked. In many ways that's a great thing as there are all sorts of personal and commercial benefits to be gained from being active online. But as an employer you won't be alone in feeling anxious when it comes to these mediums of communication, wanting to ensure that your employees' efforts are properly channelled.
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Firearms and Weapons attacks are rare in the UK.
The UK Government’s STAY SAFE principles tell you some simple actions to consider at an incident and the information that armed officers may need in the event of a weapons or firearm attack. Download more details here
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We have put together a summary of the employment law content of the main political parties' manifestos ...
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There have been a number of cases reported in the press recently dealing with a grey area of employment law, that of Employment Status; these cases include Pimlico Plumbers and Charlie Mullins vs. Gary Smith and Uber vs Aslam ...
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April is one of the two months of the year (along with October) when typically we see changes to employment legislation. From 6th April 2017 ...
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Thanks to Suzanne Lucas (www.evilhrlady.org) for her as ever insightful observations on the people that exist in most organisations that HR simply loves to hate.
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With the National Minimum Wage (NMW) now almost fifteen years old, and with another increase pending on 1st April 2017 HMRC have issued a list of the most elaborate excuses they've been given by employers for not paying the appropriate rates ...
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We're delighted that Bevan has now successfully completed the first stage of his professional qualifications, having last night passed his CIPD Certificate in HR Practice.
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Where agreed reference wording exists, it's imperative that employers respond to requests in accordance with their agreement, whether in writing or on the telephone; there are no 'off the record' conversations ...
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During the Christmas period companies face a minefield of potential HR challenges and we feel the best way to deal with these is to be prepared. Typically the challenges come from four main areas; download our Christmas in the Workplace Guide for more information.
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A claimant's losses will calculated according to the sums that they could reasonably have expected to received, had they remained in employment. This can include bonus payments (even if they are discretionary) and commission.
The extent to which commission and bonus payments may be taken in to account in calculating a 'week's pay' (i.e. when applying the statutory cap) is often difficult to determine under the Employment Rights Act 1996, but there are three key questions ...
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The UK Government has released the attached briefing paper on the possible effects of Brexit on UK employment law. Whilst this doesn't state what will change, the table on page eight lists the current EU employment laws that are enforced on UK legislation that would no longer be in the event that we were no longer EU members.
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Download our latest Employment Law Update which explains the changes to employment law that took effect on 1st October 2016 and gives advance warning of some more changes due in 2017. Please get in touch if you have any questions ...
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A recent article in IOSH has said that Employers can endorse the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in helping smokers give up the habit according to new advice from the UK government health improvement agency Public Health England (PHE).
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Owen Smith, one of the challengers for the Labour Party leadership has set out his workforce manifesto pledges.
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US aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing has already banned employees from playing Pokemon GO during working hours, having discovered that the app had been installed on more than 100 work phones since its release, and that one person was almost injured whilst playing it at work.
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Whilst we can’t be sure how a UK decision to leave the EU will affect HR, we can offer some predictions which you can read here ...
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Thanks to Daniel Barnett of Outer Temple Chambers for the following update on a case where a muslim employee in Belgium was dismissed for wearing a hijab.
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We'd like to thank Daniel Barnett of Outer Temple Chambers for the following tips on responding to reference requests for employees or former employees.
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2015 gave us a number of key Employment Tribunal decisions on a number of employment issues; read on for more details ...
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