Ensuring your staff achieve a good attendance record 01-03-2012 Does your business have an absence problem? How much is absence costing your business? It is important to monitor just what is going on. It can cause so much disruption to the business when one member of staff phones in sick. It is therefore important to ensure that it is well managed and absence levels kept… Read More
New Agency Worker Regulations 20-10-2011 On 1st October 2011 the Agency Workers Regulations come into force. They require that the basic working and employment conditions of agency workers are no less favourable than if the workers had been recruited directly by the hirer. The equal treatment entitlements relate to pay and other basic working conditions and come into effect after… Read More
Employers beware – careless talk can cost 20-10-2011 A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case highlights the issues with staff socialising and the careless talk and gossip that arises from the event. The case in question examined the events of a firm of solicitors Christmas Party. At this event, a female employee who was already in a personal relationship with another employee of the… Read More
New Equality Act – what do you need to do as an employer? 06-09-2011 The main provisions of the act are: Protection against direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation Clarification of protected characteristics – these are the grounds on which discrimination can occur. This now includes: Age, Disability, Gender reassignment, Marriage & civil partnerships, Pregnancy & maternity, Race, Religion or belief, Sex and Sexual orientation. Changing the definition… Read More
