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Employment and Human Resources Advice for Schools, Academies and Colleges
...employment tribunal claim from an ex-employee we are on hand to make certain that all of our clients receive a quick response and tailored pragmatic advice. How we can help We provide strategic emplo...
Victimisation and Discrimination — Important New Lessons for Employers - as published in HRZONE
...employment-law/victimisation-and-discrimination-important-new-lessons-employers/138672 What happened in Bouabdillah v Commerzbank AG? In the very recent case of Bouabdillah v Commerzbank AG, Latifa ...
Avoid £5k per day fines, auto-enrolment not a once and forever task
...employment. However, if your organisation employs non-regular categories of staff, such as self-employed or agency workers, each of these should be looked at individually to determine whether they hav...
Brexit Bites: what does the future hold for the workplace?
...employment law and reassured the country that there is no intention to pare back existing employment rights. But employment law does not seem to be top of anyone’s list of priorities at the moment. ...
Handling the Fallout from Acts of God - BUSINESS MAGAZINE
...employment says so, but many employees may consider that they are harshly treated if they have pay docked through no fault of their own. Potential claims from affected employees could include unlaw...
Mind The Pay Gap - as published on HR Director online
...employment tribunal, as it will help them assess the strength of their case. In addition, employment tribunals will be able to take account of whether and how an employer has answered questions when ...
Overtime pay ruling: analysis - What the landmark decision on overtime pay means for employers - as published in economia
...employment costs will increase significantly and this could of course give rise to cost cutting measures, including redundancies which would be an unfortunate consequence of the ruling. However, the d...
How to reduce the risk of zero-hours contracts - as published in Real Business
...employment rights: Use a carefully drafted contract, which reflects accurately the relationship between the company and the worker; Beware of getting into a pattern of regularly offering casual worke...
Stimpson Victory Could be “Pyrrhic”
...employment law expert. Dan Begbie-Clench, partner at employment law firm Doyle Clayton Solicitors, says it’s important to highlight two points because “this may turn out to be a pyrrhic victory fo...
Monsoon Accessorize It never Rains but it Pours
Monsoon Accessorize It never Rains but it Pours National Minimum Wage (NMW) Today we heard that Monsoon Accessorize topped the Government’s latest name-and-shame list of companies who failed to pay th...
Jonas Gutierrez: lessons for employers - as published in HR Magazine
...Employment Tribunal had to make a decision based on which side’s witnesses were most credible and it preferred Gutierrez’s evidence. Had the club recorded its decision-making process contemporaneousl...
Mind the pay gap: enforcing the Equality Act in the workplace - as published in the Lawyer
...employment related constraints on businesses. Yet it also had to acknowledge that the widening pay gap is undesirable. To try to bridge the gap between policy and life on the ground, new laws are bein...
Creative use of workers during difficult times - Atypical workers - HR MAGAZINE
...employment relationship If introducing flexible working schemes, remember that this may involve changing terms and conditions of employment so tread carefully and take legal advice Consider any flexib...
Can you be discriminated against because of your accent?
Can you be discriminated against because of your accent? In May this year Cheryl Cole was axed from the US version of the X Factor because of fears the American audience wouldn’t be able to understand...
Preparing for pension auto-enrolment: what small businesses need to know
...employment or any other contract under which the individual undertakes to do work or perform services personally for another party to the contract. Eligible jobholder: a worker who: works (or ordinari...
Working at Height
Working at Height Falls from height resulted in 25 deaths, 2,522 non fatal injuries and 2,727 non fatal over 7 day RIDDOR injuries, according toHSE workplace statistics for 2012/13. Definition of work...
Capita-lising on the recent sexual harassment trend
...Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling that a female manager had not harassed a junior male employee when she massaged his shoulders in an open plan office. It ruled her conduct was not&nbs...
Big Brother is watching you: employees and TV appearances - as published in HR Magazine
Big Brother is watching you: employees and TV appearances - as published in HR Magazine What should employers do to prevent potentially damaging television appearances by their staff? As 'reality' TV...
Changes to the Employment Status of LLP Members – Why LLPs Should be Examining Their Current Structure as a Matter of Urgency
Changes to the Employment Status of LLP Members – Why LLPs Should be Examining Their Current Structure as a Matter of Urgency When is a partner not a genuine self employed partner for tax purposes? O...
So, it’s that time of year: Valentine’s day
...Employment Tribunal. Here are my top five tips: Avoid giving gifts or making romantic gestures in the office. Aside from the potential of being left red-faced if you are rebuffed, it could amount to...