The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy has recently published the government’s response to the flexible working consultation, and it would appear a number of recommendations will be enshrined in legislation in the…
The House of Commons Commission didn’t appear to need their disciplinary policies recently, after an employment tribunal claim against them was successfully defended to the EAT. The Commission dismissed a cleaner who was persistently…
Our Employment & HR team brings the second instalment of December’s review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News: The Insolvency Service, which announced in April that it had begun formal criminal and…
Our Employment & HR team brings its monthly review of new legislation, guidance and case law. Commentary Dismissal fair despite lack of disciplinary policy The EAT case of Tijani v House of…
The Autumn Statement delivered by Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt on 17 November confirmed the new national minimum wage rates and in particular that the national living wage was going up from £9.50 to £10.42. All…
Following on from the recent series we did on hybrid working, another subject springs to mind in this context – that of monitoring employees remotely and data protection. It is axiomatic that it is…
Our Employment & HR team brings its monthly review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News The UK Government has confirmed that it has no plans to devolve employment law to Scotland. In…
Throughout the week my colleagues and I have been examining different aspects of hybrid-working, from the pros and cons and strategy to differing generational attitudes to working from home. Today we look at some…
Over the last 3 days we have examined various aspects of hybrid working, including its pros and cons, encouraging people back into the office, and the intergenerational challenges which hybrid working brings. Today we…
In the third part of our series on hybrid working for National Worklife Balance Week, we look at the different generational attitudes to working from home. Part 1 – Part 2 The concept of…
As discussed in the part one of this week’s series on hybrid working, many employers are facing difficulties associated with hybrid working, including monitoring employee performance, maintaining a workplace culture and development for junior…
National Work Life Week is back for its second year running, starting today. Its purpose – to get both employers and employees talking about wellbeing at work and work-life balance. As a contribution to…