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Lee stephens: Employees can demand a bonus, so be careful what you say!
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 to employees. In...
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Ashley Savage: The Public Interest in Public Interest Disclosure
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 raising...
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Lee Stephens: Using labour to your advantage, really, you can?
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: with the right analysis and...
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Kathryn Dooks & Michael Cashman: Conservatives to achieve “no fault...
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...
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Erika Bannerman: How to thrive amidst a regulatory maze
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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Stephenson Harwood: Opportunity or Obstacle? Managing the use of social media...
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, with the internet...
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Jane Scott Paul: Bridging the gap between employers and the education system
Thousands of school leavers hold their breath as they await the GSCE and A Level results that will help determine the direction they take towards establishing and building a career. But this year, more...
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Bernadette Daley: Employee shareholders – dealing with the HR aspects
You may be forgiven for thinking that we already had a confusing set of labels for different types of workers – employees, workers, agency workers, consultants, the self-employed. As of 1 September...
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Ashley Savage: The Public Interest in Public Interest Disclosure
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 raising...
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Kelly Sayers: Closer to the heart
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...
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Jamie Jenkins: It’s a new old world
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 where cars travel at c70mph. Just...
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Lee Stephens: Employees can demand a bonus, so be careful what you say!
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 to employees. In...
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Bernadette Daley: Employee shareholders – dealing with the HR aspects
You may be forgiven for thinking that we already had a confusing set of labels for different types of workers – employees, workers, agency workers, consultants, the self-employed. As of 1 September...
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Emilie Bennetts: Getting the most out of your workforce without encouraging...
Last month Jamie Oliver attracted attention by launching a critical attack on the work ethic of young British workers, saying that they aren’t prepared to work hard, that the maximum 48 hour working...
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Derek Kelly: What HR professionals need to know about the new Immigration Bill
All UK-based businesses have a duty to ensure that their employees are legally entitled to work in the country. Since February 2008, this obligation has been underpinned by a civil penalty scheme....
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Peta Fry: TUPE and redundancy
Transferring from one organisation to another is quite daunting at the best of times, employer and employees don’t know what to make of each other and need to establish the working relationship, but...
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Nikki Duncan: Easier to hire or fire?
For the last couple of years the Coalition have been introducing a range of measures designed to allay employer fear about being faced with Tribunal claims. This drive is based on concern that such...
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Kate Russell: Mental health illness – what employers can do?
“If an employee has a mental health problem which is capable of being a disability, you are under a duty to consider making reasonable adjustments to enable him to continue working.” As HR experts...
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Top 15 Churchill quotes that could have been about HR
Sir Winston Churchill’s speeches throughout the Second World War were littered with inspirational aphorisms that are still quoted today. As an industry that can sometimes feel like a battlefield of...
View ArticleChris Weaver: Just what is the employment status of Uber drivers?
Over the summer it was reported that the GMB trade union was launching legal action against Uber over its treatment of drivers who are GMB members. It claims that drivers working for Uber are in fact...
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