Last year the BIS asked Adrian Beecroft to report on a number of aspects considering ways to simplify employment matters for small businesses.
The business secretary, Vince Cable (pictured) has this afternoon, presented the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill to Parliament, aiming to simplify complexity in the employment tribunals system...
Unfair dismissal plans outlined in the Beecroft report published yesterday, will not help small businesses grow, the business secretary Vince Cable (pictured) has said.
Last month (April 2012), the Scottish civil courts refused to dismiss a claim seeking to hold Sainsbury’s plc liable for the death of a former employee. The family of murdered Roman Romasov, who was a...
If you are reading this bulletin in your home office, bravo. You are celebrating National Work from Home Day – and indeed Work Wise Week – in the best possible way. If you are reading this in your...
As lifespans lengthen, portfolio careers become more popular, and households feel the squeeze of a double-dip recession, many people are feeling the attraction – or necessity – of working through...
The mental health charity Mind has warned the Government that cutting too much red tape in business, could reduce the legal protection of employees with mental health problems.
In a highly publicised ruling last month, the Supreme Court made it relatively straightforward for employers to adopt a compulsory retirement policy.
Shareholders may have been giving the thumbs down to boardroom pay and bonuses in greater numbers recently, but the Government needs to do more than make investors' voting decisions binding if...
The first employer in Northern Ireland to be prosecuted under Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide legislation has been fined a record £187,500.
The enterprise bill, confirmed yesterday in the Queen’s Speech, will encourage employers and employees to go through conciliation rather than legal tribunals as part of Government attempts to reduce...
The Queen’s speech yesterday confirmed Government plans to introduce a the children and families bill, which will mean mothers in England, Scotland and Wales will be able to transfer maternity leave...
