Acas launches guidance to help employers prepare for winter

Acas has urged employers that now is the time to make sure they’re prepared for workplace issues that crop up over the winter months.

Further redundancies are 'inevitable' as local councils struggle to cut staff costs, according to LGA and Audit Commission

Councils are finding many ways to cut the pay bill without losing jobs, but further redundancies are inevitable given the sheer scale of budget cuts that councils have been hit with.

Employment law is not working: we need a solution

“Don’t get me started on employment law. It almost appears as if the decision-makers deliberately set out to avoid any input from the HR profession.” This is the view not of HR magazine (where do you...

If it ever gets to the point of a reduction in employee protection, HR has failed

I am so excited. In 2012, there is going to be jobs growth and a turnaround in the UK economy. All the worries about rising unemployment will disappear. Yes, the Government is finally tackling the...

Employment law in dire need of reform

HR leaders, thinkers and CEOs from some of the UK’s most prominent organisations have joined forces with HR magazine to launch a campaign in a bid reduce complexity around employment law, with HR...

HR’s employment law taskforce: sign up to our campaign to crush complexity

HR magazine asked some of the leading HR directors and thinkers in the UK if there is a need for an employment law taskforce – where HR directors, unions, employers, industry bodies and Government...

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HR magazine launches legal service

Legal peace of mind online – backed by a personal team of employment solicitors at the end of a phone.

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Hot topic: sign off the sick note?

David Frost, former director general, British Chamber of Commerce and Dame Carol Black, national director for health and work, have presented to the Government their independent review aimed at...

BSI launches standard to help employers handle anti-bribery legislation

The British Standards Institute (BSI) has launched a standard to help organisations show they have robust anti-bribery policies, practices and systems in place.

Increasing numbers of employers move to help staff dealing with divorce

A British winter is usually chilly enough without the icy grip of recession upon the nation's shoulders.

Public sector strikes aftermath: further industrial action will lead to backlash against 'right to strike'

Yesterday’s public sector strikes, including two million members of staff, look set to cost the economy £500 million – and if further strikes are called there will be a ‘backlash’ according to legal...