January 10th, 2015
Since the Health and Safety Executive stopped approving first aid training and the centres that provide it, courses stopped being checked by a single external body and businesses no longer...
January 5th, 2015
A building firm in North West London has been fined for neglecting safety after a carpenter broke his collarbone and a rib when he fell through an unprotected rooflight opening....
December 27th, 2014
The Government’s Cyber-Essentials scheme ‘offers a sound foundation of basic hygiene measures that all types of organisations can implement and potentially build upon” to mitigate the risk from common Internet-based...
December 20th, 2014
Are you a party to a confidentiality agreement? If so, do you know when you are allowed to disclose information covered by that agreement? In a recent case, the shareholders...
December 20th, 2014
Combined with the news on early conciliation results, Government statistics also show that Employment Tribunal claims for 2013/14 fell by 45 per cent compared to 2012/13. To put the overall...
December 18th, 2014
The Government has published a guide for employers on the new statutory right to time off to accompany a pregnant woman to ante-natal appointments. The new right, which comes into...
December 15th, 2014
Employment law reform featured heavily in the Coalition Government's legislative programme. We have already seen changes in relation to unfair dismissal claims and compensation, collective redundancy consultation, whistleblowing protection, TUPE,...
December 10th, 2014
If recent surveys are an accurate reflection, there may be more interest in shared parental leave than originally anticipated. In a recent survey by ADP, results reveal that a third...
December 5th, 2014
Acas has recently published statistics showing how Early Conciliation (“EC”) has been working for the first 6 months of the year. Since 6 May 2014, Acas has received 44,390 notifications...
December 1st, 2014
While the consequences of the recent holiday pay ruling rumble on. In an unexpected about turn, Unite has announced that it will not pursue an appeal against the decision of...