Blog Handling grievances in a quick and efficient manner can be extremely beneficial to an employer – you can maintain good employment relationships, prevent small
York Minster has sacked all 30 of its volunteer bellringers over Health & Safety concerns. The cathedral has the largest number of bells and one
BLOG Investigating an employee’s alleged misconduct is one of those challenges that many employers dread. It may seem like a negative process that can drain
An Employment Tribunal in Scotland has found against an employer who paid mothers and fathers different rates when on shared parental leave. In the case,
A company director has been jailed for 12 months and ordered to pay £4,000 costs following the death of one of his employees. Paul Williamson,
An all-party MP group on occupational health recently reported there is an asbestos “time-bomb in our schools.” Huge numbers of schools built in the three
It’s all go in the world of collective redundancy consultation. Following on from the European Woolworths decision in May (reported here), there has been a
An employee goes to the doctor telling him he has work-related stress because he has to work 16 to 24 hours each day! The doctor
Town councils and other local government bodies are subject to new national rules which allow any member of the public to take photographs, film and
There have been two recent cases which have examined the fairness of disciplinary procedures followed by the employer. The first case relates to increasing a
