EAT CASE | Right to be accompanied
An Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case has considered whether an employer should have postponed a disciplinary hearing. This was to allow the employee to bring
EXPENSES | Dealing with employees’ dishonesty
Employers have hundreds of things to do. Policing their employees’ work expenses is often one task that doesn’t get too much time spent on it.
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT | One to One meetings
Entrepreneur and business magnate Richard Branson famously said that ‘If you look after your staff, they’ll look after your customers. It’s that simple.’ Whether it
SUMMER HOLIDAYS | Should parents have priority for annual leave?
Allocating annual leave is a challenge, especially when dealing with requests from working parents. Imagine one of your employees, Max, finds the perfect package holiday
EMPLOYER FAQs | Recruitment
When employers are making selection and recruitment decisions, they need to make sure that they are not falling foul of equality laws. Our Employment Law
Company directors prosecuted for poor Health & Safety triples
Hundreds of thousands of work-related injuries and instances of ill health are reported every year. The employers responsible can face unlimited fines and even prison
HR BUSINESS CASE | Job Sharing
Employees are giving a good work-life balance more and more importance, compelling employers to consider flexible working to attract prospective employees and retain their current
EMPLOYER’S GUIDE | Contracts of Employment
Blog In order to save some money, employers may be tempted to download a free contract of employment or attempt to draft one themselves by
H&S NEWS | Farming firm fined
A farming company has been fined after one of its directors was seriously injured when working on a combine harvester. In clearing a blockage, the
H&S NEWS | Safe-tree risk madness?
A century-old Cardiff post box has been boarded up due to fears it poses ‘a Health & Safety risk’. After 120 years of service, the
RETAILER’S GUIDE | Handling redundancies
With the current challenges facing retailers, it is expected that employers may continue to reduce their headcounts. Carrying out redundancies is never a pleasant task,
HR INFO | Dealing with new mothers’ requests to work part-time
What happens if an employee who works full-time asks to work part-time? Women on maternity leave frequently ask to return to work on a part-time
