August 20th, 2014
New rules come into force on 1st October 2014 which will enable fathers to be and partners of pregnant women to take time off for antenatal appointments. Under the current...
July 20th, 2014
Approximately one in four road casualties in this country involve a driver at-work, The HSE have revised their guidance on managing work-related road safety. Their ‘Driving at Work: managing work-related...
June 23rd, 2014
The new ACAS “Early Conciliation” (EC) scheme is now compulsory for almost all new potential tribunal claims. A worker cannot make a claim to an employment tribunal unless they have...
June 20th, 2014
If you take your car to a garage for repair, the garage can refuse to hand over the car until its bill has been paid. This is because there is...
June 20th, 2014
From 30 June 2014, the right to request flexible working is being extended to all employees. The right to flexible working currently applies to employees who have children under the...
May 20th, 2014
In the latest in a long line of cases about workers' holiday pay entitlement, the European Court of Justice in Bollacke v K+K Klaas & Kock BV & Co KG found that...