How should you handle challenging conversations at work?
They can however make mistakes and delay or increase the problem for the employee, resulting in damaging the productivity and efficiency of the organisation, or lowering the morale between colleagues. […]
Changes for Employment Tribunal claims under the ERRA 2013
EAT judges to sit alone – judges in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) will now normally hear cases alone, although they will be able to direct that proceedings are heard […]
Auto-enrolment – what you need to know
What is auto-enrolment? The Government introduced legislation in 2012 requiring all UK employers to automatically enrol eligible “jobholders” into an “automatic enrolment scheme” and, in time, to pay employer pension […]
Collective redundancies: EAT widens obligation to consult
When planning redundancies (which for collective consultation purposes is broad enough to include any dismissal for reasons unconnected with the individual worker – such as a dismissal in order to […]
2014 – a year of change for industrial and provident societies
A bill to consolidate all IPS legislation, which aims to make the somewhat confusing world of IPS law more user-friendly without introducing any new policy or substantial changes to law, […]
Fire Safety: Landlords ‘should’ do more!
Following the inquest into the deaths of two firefighters in a fire on the ninth floor of a high-rise tower block owned by Southampton City Council, Keith Wisemen, Southampton Coroner, […]
Farewell to the County Court; Introducing the Single County Court
As a result of the changes individual Court buildings will become Hearing Centres. The back offices will be Administrative Centres. So instead of having 173 distinct County Courts across the […]
New Procurement Guide Published
Procurement in practice – Avoiding the pitfalls and getting the best result covers: the building blocks to put in place in a successful procurement process and the stages involved; how […]
A case about rubbish
Our client, and the other claimants, were concerned as to the quality of recycling that would be collected if the Regulations were implemented as proposed. Subsequently, proceedings were paused to […]
Cheshire West: The hidden cost
Last month, the Supreme Court clarified that a “deprivation of liberty” (for the purposes of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)) occurs where a person: Is […]
Collective Terms and Negotiations: are you bound post TUPE transfer?
This confirms that employees who transfer to a new organisation are not entitled to the benefit of collectively agreed terms where: those terms are agreed after the date of transfer; […]
Guidance for employers on how to manage redundancy for pregnant employees and those on maternity leave
As all HR professionals will be aware, during a “protected period” (i.e. the beginning of pregnancy to the end of maternity leave), unfavourable treatment of a woman because she is […]