Employment Tribunal fees are unlawful
The UK’s highest court, the Supreme Court, has unanimously ruled that fees in respect of Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal proceedings are unlawful. The
How to boost employee engagement during summer
Are you finding it hard to keep your employees engaged during summer? Take a second and have a look around your workplace. Do you see
How do zero hours contracts work?
Employers and managers may have heard a lot about zero hours contracts. After all, their use by employers has been debated by MPs and splattered
Guide for Employers | What are the pros & cons of zero hours contracts?
Blog It’s rare for HR and employment law to hit the headlines. However, the spotlight has remained firmly on employers’ use of zero hours contracts
Bereaved employed parents could get paid time off
Under a proposed new law, employed parents will get statutory paid time off work to mourn the death of their child. The Parental Bereavement (Pay
Haulage firm fined after load fall
A haulage firm employee was hit on the head when metal ducting weighing 28kg fell from the top of a double-decker trailer. The blow fractured
Firm handed fine after unsuitable safety controls
An agency worker suffered serious hand injuries while cleaning a lathe because the safety controls in place for the task were unsuitable. The court heard
Gender pay gap reporting – what do employers need to know
The release of the pay of the top stars from the BBC has brought to the fore gender pay gap reporting. The regulation, which came
Is it time to scrap the annual review?
Annual reviews are the two words that cause many to think “oh here we go again”. Line managers dread the mountains of paperwork required and
Crazy excuses employees give for missing work
Are your workers coming up with imaginative reasons for not being able to come into work? The answer is probably yes. According to a recent
An employer’s guide to the Taylor Review
The eagerly-awaited Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices has now been published, touching on a wide range of areas of employment law. In this 116
Should you let your employees vape at work?
Many people are swapping tobacco cigarettes for e-cigarettes, with Public Health England estimating that there are around 2.8 million adults using them in Great Britain.
