Human resources Law

Dodging Bullets
100 of the most surprising, entertaining and intricate of queries from employers in the areas of HR and employment law, health and safety, and premises management. | audio | 9 Jan 2007 12:17PM

National Staff Dismissal Register – a step too far?
A National Staff Dismissal Register for retail employers is expected to go live shortly. The Register is a commercial initiative championed by the Action Against Business Crime (AABC) Group. It alr... | briefing | 14 May 2008 4:07PM

Sustainability and the role of human wellbeing
In her chapter on the business case for sustainability in Sustainable Workplaces 2008: special report, Tracy Butterworth (former HR director and founder of sustainability consultancy Handstand) dis... | briefing | 8 Apr 2008 4:02PM

Employing foreign workers: what is about to change?
The Government has recently revealed that more than half of the new jobs created under Labour since 1997 have gone to foreign workers, and for months now, the debate on immigration has barely left ... | briefing | 5 Feb 2008 4:12PM

Sickness absence: January blues or genuine illness?
According to numerous press reports, more than 3.6m – or one in eight – workers called in sick between the Monday and the Wednesday of the first full working week back after the Christm... | briefing | 28 Jan 2008 2:15PM

Employment law: common conundrums
In this briefing Linky Trott, Partner with Edwin Coe LLP, answers some of the employment law questions that crop up frequently in workplaces all around the country, such as:When do I start addressi... | briefing | 18 Jan 2008 10:47AM

Employer must prove reason for dismissal, says Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has said that Employment Tribunals do not have to back a fired employee's story simply because the employer fails to prove its opposing case. A tribunal can come to its own conc... | case | 24 Apr 2008 12:57PM

Unfair dismissal and the 'chain of causation' for compensation
Cowen v Rentokil Initial Facility Services (UK) Ltd (2008) concerned the chain of causation for the purpose of calculating compensation where an employee is dismissed from his second job. Mr Cowen ... | case | 22 Apr 2008 9:48AM

College had difficulty complying with statutory dismissal procedures
Mr Davies was a lecturer in the marketing department at Farnborough College for nearly 20 years. Due to declining demand the college decided that one of the three lecturers in the marketing departm... | case | 18 Apr 2008 9:05AM

Part time workers had less favourable pension and sick pay terms
An Employment Tribunal has reversed its original decision in the landmark case of Matthews and others v Kent & Medway Town Fire Authority. The Tribunal held that part time (‘retained&rsqu... | case | 11 Apr 2008 1:37PM

Changing terms and conditions of employment
The recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in Robinson v Tescom Corporation (2007) provides some useful guidance on how employees should and should not act in circumstances where changes ... | case | 19 Mar 2008 10:28AM

Smart Holograms: A helping hand with HR and employment relations
“We were paying quite a lot of money to our company lawyers for HR advice and therefore this prompted me to report back to my CEO advising him of the savings that could be made by employing W... | consultancy case study |

Who Owns Employees’ Ideas?
[subject - Members E-bulletin 144, 11 August 2004] 11 August 2004 (c) Workplace Law Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 144 of your w... | ebulletin | 11 Aug 2004 4:59PM

Ian Huntley a School Caretaker - Are Your Employee Checks up to Scratch?
[subject - Members E-bulletin 113, 17 December 2003] 17 December 2003 (c) Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net/index.php?a_id=1315 Welcome to issue no. 113 of you... | ebulletin | 17 Dec 2003 3:50PM

Minor Changes to Employee Benefits; Increased Allowance for Staff Parties
10 April 2003 - BUDGET 2003 SPECIAL © Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net This Budget 2003 E-bulletin summarises the major implications of the Budget for workplace... | ebulletin | 10 Apr 2003 2:48PM

Are Your Ready for "Black Sunday"?
4 April 2003 © Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net Welcome to issue no. 76 of your weekly members bulletin. Don't forget - our membership services team are always... | ebulletin | 4 Apr 2003 2:46PM

How Will the War Affect Day-to-Day Management?
21 March 2003 © Workplacelaw Network Quick link - http://www.workplacelaw.net Welcome to issue no. 74 of your weekly members bulletin. Don't forget - our membership services team are alway... | ebulletin | 21 Mar 2003 2:43PM

Workplace Law Handbook 2008 - new edition launched
Workplace Law Network is pleased to announce the launch of the 2008 Workplace Law Handbook. With 15 new subjects, and a total of 164 fully revised and updated chapters, to reflect recent changes in... | network news | 16 Oct 2007 1:33PM

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

Workplace Law launches new CIPD professional training courses
Workplace Law Training has launched two new CIPD courses for HR and Personnel professionals. These new qualifications add to Workplace Law’s portfolio of accredited training courses and offer... | network news | 18 Jan 2007 12:00AM

Workplace Law Group to become specialist advisors to BIFM
        David Sharp, Managing Director of Workplace Law Group, an... | network news | 20 Sep 2006 12:00AM

Workplace Law Magazine: Mug's Game?
This feature article first appeared in issue 19 of Workplace Law Magazine (July/August 2006). More information on Workplace Law Magazine can be found at: http://www.workplacelaw.net/magazine/ In ... | network news | 2 Aug 2006 12:00AM

Dishonest employees' database: a good idea?
A database where employers can enter information about dishonest employees to warn future employers has been launched amid a storm of controversy. The National Staff Dismissal Register has been dev... | news | 9 May 2008 1:40PM

Most employers “have nothing to fear” from TUC report
 In light of the release of its report into working conditions, the TUC has reassured employers that only the “dodgy” ones will be penalised for their treatment of vulnerable worke... | news | 9 May 2008 12:36PM

New immigration system: set to confuse employers?
Employers will have to prove they cannot find skilled workers from the European Economic Area and must prove the vacancy has been advertised in the UK before looking elsewhere, the Government has a... | news | 7 May 2008 3:16PM

Employers must play a part in ending exploitation, says TUC
Two million UK workers are “trapped in a continual round of low-paid and insecure work where mistreatment is the norm”, according to the findings of the TUC's Commission on Vulnerable E... | news | 7 May 2008 5:15PM

Is 'presenteeism' as much of a problem as absenteeism?
British offices are suffering from a culture of ‘presenteeism’ amongst staff which is having a detrimental effect on the workforce, new research has found.    New re... | news | 28 Apr 2008 11:44AM

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

A Sight for Sore Eyes: VDU use and employers' eyecare obligations
The Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992, which were amended in 2002, place a responsibility on employers to attend to the eyecare of VDU users. While many employers find t... | White paper | 21 Sep 2007 4:03PM

Variation of Contract: how to change terms and conditions
Section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 requires an employer to provide its employees with a statement of terms and conditions of employment within two months of the commencement of that employ... | White paper | 27 Mar 2008 11:05AM

Dispute Resolution Procedures: looking forward
In 2003, the Government issued a consultation document in which they stated that the statutory minimum, dismissal and disciplinary and grievance procedures “will create strong incentives for ... | White paper | 19 Feb 2008 1:33PM

Disciplinary and Dismissal Procedures: grappling with them in the workplace
Whatever the statutory dispute resolution procedures are eventually replaced with, following the findings of the Gibbons review and the results of the Government’s consultation, it is not lik... | White paper | 15 Feb 2008 12:40PM

Behavioural Safety: humour and common sense combined
In one of his recent novels the English football enthusiast Nick Hornby describes a phenomenon about Scottish football fans. Please bear with me – the story does have considerable implication... | White paper | 4 Jan 2008 4:56PM

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Workplace Law Handbook 2008
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Occupational Health 2008: making the business case - special report
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Discrimination Law 2006: Special Report
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Non-contractual Grievance Policy and Management Guide, version 3.0
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Age Discrimination White Paper
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Employment Contract and Management Guide, version 4.0
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Statutory Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures in the Workplace: Analysis and Commentary on the New Law
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Employment Law Update: Special Report - Spring 2005 Edition
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HR Directors' Legal Summit - 30 November 2005
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Workplace Law Handbook 2005
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Workplacelaw Network Handbook 2004
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