- Stephenson Harwood: Opportunity or Obstacle? Managing the use of social media in the workplaceMonday, 26th November 2012
The global explosion of social media poses huge and often daunting challenges for employers. Social media has been accepted in many industries as a useful part of modern working life, ...
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- Erika Bannerman: How to thrive amidst a regulatory mazeTuesday, 30th October 2012
Numerous employment regulations have been weighing down HR professionals for a long time, from regulations governing the use of agency workers to laws around staff dismissal. While legislation is of ...
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- Kathryn Dooks & Michael Cashman: Conservatives to achieve “no fault dismissals” by the back door?Friday, 12th October 2012
At the Conservative Party Conference yesterday, the Chancellor George Osborne announced plans for a new employment status: “owner-employee”. Owner-employees would be issued shares in the company they work for in ...
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- Lee Stephens: Using labour to your advantage, really, you can?Monday, 10th September 2012
I advise clients daily who are all too often jaded by employment regulation, but it doesn’t always have to be so negative. To all HR practitioners out there, take note: ...
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- Ashley Savage: The Public Interest in Public Interest DisclosureTuesday, 04th September 2012
Clause 14 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill aims to close a loophole which allows individuals to use the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (“PIDA”) to obtain protection for ...
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- Lee stephens: Employees can demand a bonus, so be careful what you say!Monday, 06th August 2012
In a recent case, an employer made an open commitment to pay staff discretionary bonuses from an allocated ‘bonus fund’ set aside specifically for that purpose and expressed as such ...
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- Jamie Jenkins: It’s a new old worldMonday, 30th July 2012
I don’t have a theme at this point.Indulge me anyway?
I drove onto the Edinburgh Bypass the other day. For those of you who don’t live here, imagine a busy road ...
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- Kelly Sayers: Closer to the heartWednesday, 11th April 2012
Many companies now have nepotism policies in place to avoid favouritism, undue influence or conflicts of interest in employment decisions. However, what bearing does the closeness of a relationship have ...
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- Lee Stephens: Are you recruiting? If so, read this!Tuesday, 20th March 2012
The increase in the qualifying period to claim unfair dismissal from one year to two is due next month!
It isn’t retrospective but if you are looking to recruit it may ...
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- Kelly Sayers: Who’s Holding the BabyMonday, 27th February 2012With the globalisation of trade and the increased prevalence of electronic data, issues concerning the disclosure of information in civil litigation procedures, including Employment Tribunals, are becoming ever more complex.
The ...
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