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Last month marked the official end of the Default Retirement Age (DRA). The DRA has gradually been phased out from the start of April last… Read More »End of the Default Retirement Age – what now for older workers?
Youth Contract scheme fails to ignite employer support A third of employers don’t know about it, and a third have no interest in it. That’s… Read More »Youth Scheme Fails / Apprenticeships Made Simpler
On the horizon The new National Minimum Wage rates from 1 October 2012, are as follows: An increase from £6.08 to £6.19 per hour for… Read More »Minimum Wage / Tribunal Fees
This was a case for constructive dismissal that demonstrated that employers may prevent a breach of trust and confidence by making amends for the mistreatment… Read More »Case Study – Assamoi v Spirit Pub Company (Services) Ltd
Many people were inspired by those participating in this summer’s Paralympics. Should the opportunity arise you might wish to employ a disabled person. Below are… Read More »Paralympics Legacy – checklist
With the celebrations for the summer games coming to an end, our thoughts turn to some aspects of year end planning. For many businesses this… Read More »Preparing for Christmas – best practice
The Government has suspended UK Sunday trading laws for eight weekends over this year’s Olympics, not only to help visitors, but in a bid to… Read More »Relaxed Sunday trading laws – what it means for you as a business
Businesses across the UK are anticipating busy trading activity during the Olympics and it is expected that many will take on temporary staff to cope… Read More »Taking on extra staff to cover the Olympics?
On 21 May 2012 the Government released Adrian Beecroft’s controversial “Report on Employment Law”. The report had been commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation… Read More »The Beecroft Report
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) demonstrated how tough tribunals can be in the recent case of Allen v Hounga. This was a tragic case of… Read More »Case Study – Illegal worker had no right to bring discrimination claim