Headlines claiming the Government is planning to allow small businesses to win exemptions from flexible working regulations have made waves across the HR community.
A guidance manual has been revised to help leaders in churches and Christian organisations handle people management issues.
The decision by fashion house Christian Dior to sack its creative director over alleged anti-semitic remarks made in a Paris bar may be understandable but it raises a number of issues around...
This year’s Budget is likely to offer little let up on income tax, capital gains tax or employers National insurance Contributions as efforts to cut the UK’s budget deficit and boost the economic...
More than two out of three employers (69%) say they have no effective protection against employees making wholly unjustifiable claims to employment tribunals.
The British Safety Council has called for a public debate on the future of health and safety regulation, following the news of a leaked Health and Safety Executive (HSE) letter, which purportedly...
The 1992 Olympic Gold medallist Linford Christie once coined a famous phrase which perfectly summed up the importance of planning. Christie often waxed lyrical about the starting pistol and leaving...
It's an area of liability that businesses need to take seriously.
We have all heard the stories, such as the cancellation of a cheese-rolling festival; children having to wear goggles to play conkers; the halting of a public pancake race that has been going since...
A new right to additional paternity leave (APL) will be introduced on 6 April 2011 in an effort to promote equality and good parenting. The reforms are intended to give parents greater flexibility in...
An Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that employees are fully protected under TUPE when the business in which they work is purchased from a company in administration.
The development of the EU's Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) has been controversial to say the least, but after prolonged debate and much horse-trading between the Government, trade unions and the...
