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Audio

Unfair dismissal qualifying period and tribunal fees
Jayn Bond, Head of Human Resources at Workplace Law, discusses the recent announcement that the qualification period for the right to claim unfair dismissal will be extended from to one to two year... | audio | 5 Oct 2011 2:17PM

Lying on your CV - the pitfalls
David Woollcott, Workplace Law Group's Senior HR Advisor, talks to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about what an employer can do if they discover an employee has "flowered" their CV. | audio | 10 Jun 2008 11:51AM

Flexible working
Flexible working: What being flexible means for employers | audio | 24 Aug 2007 1:28PM

Facebook at work
Facebook at work: David Woollcott examines the issues social networking sites pose for employers | audio | 22 Aug 2007 1:26PM

Dispute Resolution Procedures
Michael Gibbons, who carried out the official review of the dispute resolution procedures gives his view on replacing the current system | audio | 11 Jul 2007 1:20PM

Blog post

How do you sleep at night?
As often happens when working in HR, mention your occupation at a social event and someone usually wants to discuss an issue they have. I had this recently where an MD of a small organisation discu... | blog post | 15 May 2012 11:58AM

Briefing

Computer data: secure disposal
In the haste to upgrade and enhance IT systems, businesses and other organisations often neglect their duties regarding the secure disposal of computer equipment. From a security and risk perspecti... | briefing | 12 Sep 2007 9:55AM

Data destruction and disposal
There are many issues surrounding data destruction and disposal. On the one hand, organisations need to ensure that information and data kept on paper and other media (such as magnetic disks and ta... | briefing | 16 Oct 2007 9:04AM

Health and safety investigations: from inspection to prosecution
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for health and safety enforcement in:  the manufacturing industry; construction sites; farms; nuclear installations; schools; h... | briefing | 16 Oct 2007 10:31AM

Homeworking
The number of office workers that are now equipped to work from home or other locations away from the main office has continued to increase since the concept was introduced well over a decade ago.&... | briefing | 16 Nov 2007 1:18PM

Gender equality in the workplace
A generation ago, the Sex Discrimination Act and the Equal Pay Act made great advances towards achieving gender equality in the workplace. However, today the equal treatment of women at work is sti... | briefing | 20 Nov 2011 3:38PM

Case

£250,000 for unpaid overtime of migrant workers
An Employment Tribunal in Cardiff has awarded 14 Polish migrant workers over £250,000 in compensation over unpaid overtime. GMB, the union for engineering construction workers, pursued the c... | case | 16 Feb 2012 10:41AM

£67.8m compensation for former Woolworths staff
Over 24,000 former employees of Woolworths have won £67.8m compensation after being made redundant when the firm collapsed at the end of 2008, says the shopworkers union Usdaw. The high stre... | case | 23 Jan 2012 9:16AM

NHS Trust fined £933,000 for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal
Central Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is to pay £933,000 in compensation for the racial discrimination and unfair dismissal of a former NHS divisional director. Elliot Browne&rs... | case | 10 Jan 2012 8:28AM

Employer could not withdraw dismissal
The Court of Appeal has recently ruled that an employer who had dismissed an employee could not later withdraw that dismissal. CF Capital (CFC) wanted to cut costs without having to make staff red... | case | 1 Nov 2011 9:31AM

Court of Appeal clarifies vicarious liability and causation in whistleblowing cases
In NHS Manchester v. Fecitt and Ors the Court of Appeal has stated that an employer cannot be held vicariously liable for acts of victimisation of its employees in cases of whistleblowing.  Th... | case | 31 Oct 2011 10:44AM

Case review

McKie v. Swindon College 2011
This case concerned a lecturer in art history who had been employed in a teaching post at Swindon College for seven years. He left in 2002 for a new job at Bath City College with an excellent refer... | case review | 11 Feb 2011 1:10PM

Jackson v Liverpool City Council
On 25 September 2007 the claimant, Mark Jackson, left his employment of some 12 years as a social worker on the youth offending team with Liverpool City Council in order to take up e... | case review | 15 Jun 2011 1:19PM

Walker v. Northumberland County Council (1994)
John Walker was employed by Northumberland County Council as a social services officer. He suffered two nervous breakdowns, which he blamed on the pressure of his job and stressful working environm... | case review | 16 Nov 1994 5:31PM

Chagger v. Abbey National (2008)
Mr Chagger, who is of Indian origin, was employed by Abbey National from November 2001 until his dismissal by reason of redundancy in April 2006. At subsequent Employment Tribunal proceedings, the ... | case review | 16 Oct 2008 3:01PM

R. (on the application of G.) v. The Governors of X School (2009)
G was a music assistant at X school. M was a 15 year old boy undertaking work experience at the school. M alleged that G had kissed him and sent two text messages suggesting they meet up.... | case review | 12 Dec 2008 1:03PM

Ebulletin

Drug testing at work a costly waste of time?
[subject - Members E-bulletin 145, 19 August 2004] 19 August 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 145 of your w... | ebulletin | 19 Aug 2004 5:02PM

Doctors Prescribe Smoke-free Workplaces
[subject - Members E-bulletin 139, 6 July 2004] 6 July 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 139 of your weekly ... | ebulletin | 6 Jul 2004 4:50PM

Ireland Smoking Ban Comes into Effect
[subject - Members E-bulletin 126, 31 March 2004] 31 March 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 126 of your wee... | ebulletin | 30 Mar 2004 4:30PM

Eight new advisors join the online panel
[subject - Members E-bulletin 106, 30 October 2003] 30 October 2003 (c) Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 106 of your ... | ebulletin | 30 Oct 2003 4:03PM

Drugs Testing at Work – Is it Legal?
[subject - Members E-bulletin 104, 15 October 2003] 15 October 2003 (c) Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 104 of your ... | ebulletin | 15 Oct 2003 4:00PM

Factsheet

Bullying and harassment
The Government has estimated that employers’ failure to tackle the root cause of bullying in the workplace costs the UK economy £13.75bn a year. According to HSE reports... | Factsheet | 14 Sep 2007 4:20PM

Alcohol and drugs at work
In the UK, up to 14.8 million working days are lost each year as a result of alcohol-related absence. A survey carried out by Norwich Union Healthcare found that 77% of emp... | Factsheet |

Absence management
The average rate of absence in 2009 was 6.4 days per employee, a decline from 6.7 days in 2007 and a further step in a long-term downward trend, which is to be expected in a cold... | Factsheet | 21 Jan 2008 2:13PM

Disciplinary and grievance procedures
An average total of 10.5 days per year are spent managing disciplinary and grievance cases (4.6 days of management time, 5.6 days of HR staff time and 1.8 days of in-house lawyers' time).Private se... | Factsheet | 15 Sep 2007 5:26PM

Guide

Guide to Smoking Ban 2007
Practical guidance on the new smoking ban in 2007From 1 July 2007 it will be illegal to smoke or to permit smoking in any workplace or public place in the UK, with England being the last juris... | Guide | 11 Apr 2007 4:26PM

Magazine issue

No smoking? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit
Regardless of personal views on smoking, it is true to say that employees shouldn't expect to be exposed to the dangers of smoke in the workplace. But what's important in adjusting to an inevitable... | Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2005 2:18PM

Employment Tribunals: back to the future?
There will always be disputes in the workplace. Where people are involved, there will always be disagreements and upsets. We can't avoid them entirely, but what we can do is manage them properly. ... | Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2007 9:03AM

Reality bites: managing in a recession
The credit crunch. One of those phrases that seemed destined to become an over-used excuse for everything that goes wrong at work, like ‘political correctness’, ‘red tape’ o... | Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008 10:43AM

Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
Heard of Facebook? You'd have to have left the planet not to, as employers and employers' groups have suddenly realised what it's costing their businesses! Surveys around the use of Facebook in wor... | Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007 4:25PM

Network news

Countdown to the UK's biggest Compliance event for FM
There are now just seven weeks to go until the UK's biggest compliance event for facilities managers – Workplace Law's 12th Annual Facilities Management Legal Update Conference and Dinner &... | network news | 15 Feb 2011 4:54PM

11th Annual Conference and Dinner sustains varied programme
The 11th annual Workplace Law Conference and Dinner was held on 2-3 February 2010, at the Radisson SAS, London Stansted. Over 65 delegates attended over the two days, choosing from 21 conferenc... | network news | 8 Feb 2010 4:32PM

Workplace Law Facilities Management Legal Update 2009
The 2009 Workplace Law Facilities Management Legal Update Conference, which took place last week in central London, attracted over 40 delegates from both the public and private sectors. &n... | network news | 26 May 2009 2:48PM

Facebook and the workplace [audio]
David Woollcott from Workplace Law spoke to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire today (22 August) to give an employers’ perspective on the use of social network site, Facebook, in the workplace. ... | network news | 22 Aug 2007 12:00AM

Smoking at work no longer legal [Audio]
On the first day of the new workplace smoking ban, Managing Director of Workplace Law David Sharp explains how much of an impact the new legislation will have for employers. download audio» ... | network news | 2 Jul 2007 12:00AM

News

Paternity leave in the UK has jumped 14% in one year
The number of men taking paternity leave in the UK has jumped by 14% over the past year according to law firm Pinsent Masons. The number of employees claiming paternity pay rose from 170,000 in 20... | news | 18 May 2012 11:32AM

Older workers most likely to work from home
Around one in five workers over 55 regularly works from home, according to a TUC analysis of official figures published to mark National Work from Home Day today, organised by Work Wise UK. Nation... | news | 18 May 2012 10:25AM

Embed fit note culture to tackle sickness absence
The Government is being urged to reinvigorate its efforts to tackle sickness absence and implement the recommendations of the Frost/Black Review as a matter of urgency, amidst new evidence that the... | news | 15 May 2012 12:32PM

CIPD calls on Govt to extend flexible working
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is calling on the Government to hold its nerve and go ahead with the extension to flexible working rights in today's Queen's Speech. New resear... | news | 9 May 2012 8:41AM

Managers 'don't know' they're bad at managing people
New research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has found that three-quarters of employers report a lack of leadership and management skills and too many managers have... | news | 3 May 2012 4:07PM

News analysis

Compulsory retirement following Seldon
Last week’s Supreme Court decision in the Seldon case divided the opinion of commentators in terms of its significance. On the one hand it helped to clarify that setting a normal retirement a... | news analysis | 2 May 2012 10:39AM

Petrol strike - should it fuel concerns for employers?
With concerns mounting over a possible strike by fuel tanker drivers, what can employers do if the disruption to petrol supplies across the country impacts on their business? In this News Analysi... | news analysis | 29 Mar 2012 3:19PM

Budget 2012: taxing times
This year’s Budget reinforces and to some extent reiterates some measures the Government put in place last year to achieve growth in the economy. In this News Analysis, Pam Loch reviews some... | news analysis | 27 Mar 2012 10:46AM

Slimming down Collective Consultation requirements – how the Government’s proposals will work
Included amongst the Government’s proposals to reform employment relations, as set out by Vince Cable in a speech last November, was a proposal to reduce the collective redundancy consultatio... | news analysis | 21 Mar 2012 2:52PM

Restrictive covenants explained
The much anticipated decision in the case of Towry EJ Limited v. Raymond James and Others was handed down on 14 February 2012.    In this News Analysis, Alex Denny, an Employment Partn... | news analysis | 19 Mar 2012 10:02AM

Official guidance

Work-related stress: what the law says
This guidance has been developed with the help of ACAS, the HSE, Health, Work and Wellbeing and the CIPD. It is aimed at directors and managers in employers of all sizes in the public, private and ... | official guidance | 1 Sep 2010 4:17PM

Whistleblowing
In this factsheet:  What is ‘whistleblowing’? The legal position The benefits to employers of having a whistleblowing policy What a whistleblowing policy should contain ... | official guidance | 1 Aug 2011 4:12PM

Stress and mental health at work
In this factsheet:  What is work-related stress? The legal position Dealing with stress at work Dealing with mental health in the workplace CIPD viewpoint Useful contacts References ... | official guidance | 1 Aug 2011 3:48PM

Discipline and grievances at work
In this factsheet: What are disciplinary and grievance procedures? The legal position. Disciplinary policy and practice. Grievance policy and practice. CIPD viewpoint. Useful contacts. Ref... | official guidance | 1 Jun 2011 4:37PM

Specification for an anti-bribery management system
The UK Bribery Act 2010, which came into force in July 2011, introduced a new offence of “failure of a commercial organisation to prevent bribery” – leading to a surge in interest... | official guidance | 1 Nov 2011 11:16AM

Policy & Procedure

Redundancy Policy and Management Guide, version 4.0
The purpose of a Redundancy Policy is to embody good practice guidelines in a way that is easily accessible and understandable for both the employer and employees. Advantages for an employer in ado... | Policy & Procedure |

Non-contractual Grievance Policy and Management Guide, version 4.0
All employers are required to follow statutory minimum grievance procedures following the Employment Act 2002, which came into force in April 2004. This Non-contractual Grievance Policy and Pr... | Policy & Procedure |

Drug and Alcohol Policy and Management Guide, v.2.0
As an employer, you are committed to providing a safe working environment for your employees. You are also committed to promoting the health and wellbeing of your employees. Alcohol and s... | Policy & Procedure |

Non-Contractual Disciplinary and Dismissal Policy and Management Guide, version 4.0
This Non-contractual Disciplinary and Dismissal Policy and Management Guide v.4.0 has been published to help employers comply with Regulations and the recently revised ACAS Code of Practice on Di... | Policy & Procedure |

IT and Email Policy and Management Guide, version 2.0
Technological advances in the field of information technology have resulted in many positive benefits for employers. However, the increase in technological advances has also brought with it many em... | Policy & Procedure |

Regulation

Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999
The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 came into force on 15 December 1999 and established a new right to parental leave and improved existing rights to maternity leave. They have b... | Regulation | 16 Sep 1999 8:02PM

Employment Act 2002
The Employment Act 2002 came into force on 8 July 2002 and represented one of the most fundamental employment law reforms for many years. The Act:  made provision for statutory rights to pa... | Regulation | 16 Sep 2002 8:52PM

Work and Families Act 2006
The Work and Families Act 2006 came into force on 21 June 2006. Its main provisions include:   Extending Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Maternity Allowance and Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP)... | Regulation | 21 Jun 2006 3:21PM

Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 came into force on 16 July 1992 and: defines trade unions and states they are the subjects of legal rights and duties; protect... | Regulation | 16 Jul 1992 9:00AM

Employment Act 2008
The Employment Act 2008 came into force on 13 November 2008 for the following purposes:   To make provision about the procedure for the resolution of employment disputes; To make provisi... | Regulation | 6 Apr 2009 3:38PM

Special report

Loneworking 2008: Special Report
An increasing amount of organisations are employing loneworkers, in all areas of industry and business. Flexible Working Regulations have enabled employees to enjoy the benefits of working from hom... | Special report | 24 Jan 2008 9:43AM

Facilities Management Legal Update 2008: special report
Essential new guidance specifically for facilities managers In-depth guidance on the key issues facing facilities managers in the next 12 monthsExclusive research and opinion from industry expertsP... | Special report | 31 Jan 2008 2:32PM

Occupational Health 2008: Making the business case - special report
Absence - what's the cost to your business? In June 2007 the Department for Work and Pensions announced that the UK loses 175 million working days each year to sickness-related absence, costing the... | Special report | 28 Nov 2007 1:33PM

Video - Documentary

Employment Tribunals in focus
This short film takes you through the Employment Tribunal process, inlcuding a look at a real claim and with valuable insights from Workplace Law's Head of Human Resources, Jayn Bond, who also sits... | Video - Documentary | 16 Jun 2011 11:06AM

Video - News

Weekly news 31 October-4 November 2011
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; new HSE statistics on injury and ill health at work, pension reforms, tackling underperformance and planning for harsh winter weathe... | Video - News | 7 Nov 2011 2:24PM

Weekly news 14-18 November 2011
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; the imminent publication of the Löfstedt report into health and safety, the results of the investigation into the death of Alison... | Video - News | 21 Nov 2011 12:50PM

Weekly news 21-25 November 2011
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; announcement of radical reforms of employment law, up to two million public sector workers expected to strike on Wednesday, criminal p... | Video - News | 25 Nov 2011 3:09PM

Weekly news 28 November–2 December 2011
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update, which covers reactions to the Lofstedt report into health and safety legislation, the PM's vow to end funding for workplace union salaries, a landm... | Video - News | 5 Dec 2011 9:59AM

Weekly news 19-25 January 2012
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; the launch of a mediation pilot scheme, an update on changes to the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal, occupational he... | Video - News | 25 Jan 2012 12:10PM

Video - Promotion

CIPD Certificate in HR Practice: testimonials
The Certificate in HR Practice (CHRP) - Level 3 provides a firm foundation in all the areas of personnel and is a natural study route towards undertaking the CIPD's new Advanced Level qualificati... | Video - Promotion | 20 Dec 2011 8:50AM

Video - Seminar

How to survive the festive period...and not be a party pooper
The Christmas party season is just around the corner and most organisations are preparing for their seasonal bashes. For employees, the company Christmas party is a time to let their ‘hair d... | Video - Seminar | 2 Dec 2010 11:47AM

What the papers say

Boss forced to pay £13k to compensate stealing employee
A boss who took an employee he caught stealing to the police station with a sign saying "Thief" around his neck has paid £13,000 after the criminal sued for "humiliation". The Daily Te... | what the papers say | 15 Feb 2011 5:33PM

French reality TV contestants win employment rights
Reality television faces a bleak future in France after contestants who spent 12 days flirting with the opposite sex on a sun-drenched island won the right to be treated as salaried workers. In a g... | what the papers say | 4 Jun 2009 3:20PM

War hero, 96, fined £100 for lighting up cigarette in hotel room
A hotel imposed a £100 cleaning charge on a 96-year-old man for smoking a cigarette in his room.  RAF veteran Cyril Carter had taken his wife Lydia, 93, for a weekend break at a seas... | what the papers say | 6 Apr 2009 4:52PM

'Boss-napped' manager set free after climbdown
A senior manager of 3M has become the latest executive to be kidnapped in France after he was barricaded into an office by staff angry about redundancy payments following cost cuts at the indus... | what the papers say | 26 Mar 2009 2:27PM

All work and no pay: Berlusconi's plan for strikers
Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet is to discuss a bill today that would limit disgruntled workers in essential services to ‘virtual strikes’ – the ‘strikers’ would continue ... | what the papers say | 27 Feb 2009 6:00PM

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Paternity leave in the UK has jumped 14% in one year
And they needed to do research to come up with the content of the last paragraph? Despite the Government’s determination to encourage fathers to take paternity leave, many men still do not exerc... | comment | 19 May 2012 6:59AM

Managers 'don't know' they're bad at managing people
As a consultant and trainer I agree totally with Ben Willmott. too many managers think they have to have all the answers and don't have the advanced communication skills to coach. this is a h... | comment | 4 May 2012 10:22AM

Managers 'don't know' they're bad at managing people
This reflects not only skills shortages of managers but also of the HR recruitment manager. When you have square pegs in round holes you cannot make it fit by shaving off the edges. Many a time ma... | comment | 4 May 2012 8:40AM

New advice from ACAS on Olympics
Wouldn't it be great if employers, and employees worked around the disruptions of the Games and realised the real and on-going benefits of genuine flexible working? These gains could be mainta... | comment | 25 Apr 2012 8:29AM

Aviva sacks more than 1,300 workers by mistake
We saw some media hype on a situation that obviously wasn't doing what the media said. No one was sacked in the detail published but it made an interest grabbing headline. Caeless and irre... | comment | 25 Apr 2012 8:06AM

Aviva sacks more than 1,300 workers by mistake
What's so special about this? Many employers treat their workers in such off-hand and contemptuous ways - for a worker losing your job is a traumatic and frightening event; for employers it... | comment | 24 Apr 2012 8:00AM

40% believe UK regulation puts them off employing staff
Who was it who said that there are lies, damn lies and statistics? Statistics are just numbers, if you ask 10 people whether they are 'very in favour', 'in favour' or 'tota... | comment | 18 Apr 2012 11:38AM

40% believe UK regulation puts them off employing staff
The statistics speak for themselves. UK Nanny State deters SME's growth (& therefore employment) with such Regulations - imposed by a moribund political class & operated by a bloated ... | comment | 17 Apr 2012 8:07AM

40% believe UK regulation puts them off employing staff
Its unfortunate that the Tories have got this 'treat em mean and keep em keen' mentality and the Liberals are too weak and will sacrifice anything to cling on to the illusion of power. | comment | 14 Apr 2012 6:55PM

Unions criticised for not defending staff in ETs
It is pretty common for employers to intentionally withhold evidence at the earliest stage (often on legal advice) with the idea that they only disclose it when they absolutely must- assuming, of c... | comment | 12 Apr 2012 1:29PM