Employment and HR

• Changes to Statutory Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures

• The Government is keen to promote alternative ways of settling workplace disputes. From October 2004 employers and employees will be required to follow statutory minimum procedures to make sure that disputes are discussed at work. Not only should this...

• Compromise Agreements

• As a general rule, out of court settlements of employment disputes are not legally binding in that they cannot exclude an employee's right to take the matter concerned to an Employment Tribunal (ET). A formal compromise agreement is one of the few...

• Compromise Agreements - Tax Position Clarified

• A compromise agreement is an agreement made between an employer and an employee who is having their contract of employment terminated. It sets out the terms under which the termination will take place and contains a provision that the employee will receive a...

• False Claims on a CV - What to Do

• According to research by the Risk Advisory Group, more than half of CVs submitted by job applicants contain lies or inaccuracies. These range from gaps in employment history to false claims regarding qualifications and failure to mention fraud committed...

• Get the Christmas Party Right

• It s that time of year again. Love them or hate them, the invitations to office Christmas parties will be arriving soon if they haven t already. For employers, parties pose a particular threat. Here are some tips on making sure your Christmas office party...

• Health and Safety - VDU Use

• More and more workers are spending a large part of their day looking at a computer screen. The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 specifically deal with the health and safety issues associated with working with VDUs. The...

• Health and Safety Breaches - Penalties

• The Health and Safety Offences Act 2008 received Royal Assent on 16 October 2008 and came into force on 1 January 2009. It amends Section 33 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and has increased penalties for breaches of health and safety...

• Recruitment - Preventing Illegal Working Without Discrimination

• Hardly a day goes by without there being some mention of illegal immigration in the news. The number of people discovered working here unlawfully has risen sharply in recent years. There has been much talk of the possible introduction of a national...