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Briefings

Health and safety leadership: do our managers and directors know enough to be responsible?
This health and safety briefing is based on research into health and safety leadership, and in it, Peter Hall discusses whether managers and directors know enough to be responsible. Peter del...
5 Feb 2013 4:10PM

The changing dynamics of the workplace: The impact of each of the different generations
The make-up of today’s modern workforce is undergoing significant change as organisations face the challenge of accommodating the different needs and aspirations of four different generations...
16 Nov 2012 10:39AM

News analysis

Key summer employment law news: latest on Settlement Agreements and other changes
As the Government continues to bring in changes to employment law, Lisa Jinks, Professional Support Lawyer, Greenwoods Solicitors LLP, reports on the latest impending developments this summer in...
19 Jun 2013 1:53PM

Who’s having an affair? The implications of workplace relationships
Recent press coverage by the Mail on Sunday on the latest scandal to hit the Government concerning two “high profile figures” who have been conducting an affair, have apparent...
12 Jun 2013 10:29AM

Regulations

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...
6 Apr 2009 3:38PM

Official guidance

Environmental Reporting Guidelines: Including mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting guidance
From 1 October 2013 the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013 will require all UK quoted companies to report on their greenhouse gas emissions as part o...
12 Jun 2013 12:38PM

Help for small firms
Acas has produced six step-by-step guides for small businesses on how to hire, manage and get the best form their staff. Acas says that it understands that small businesses are short of tim...
17 Apr 2013 3:28PM

Features

Changing landscape
In 2010, the Coalition Government published an ‘Employment Law Review’ with the intention of improving existing employment legislation and to ‘embed a flexible, effective and fair...
3 Jun 2013 3:33PM

Identifying and dealing with stress and mental health issues in the workplace
This year's Mental Health Awareness Week 2013 runs from 13-19 May, with the aim of raising awareness of mental health and wellbeing issues. When mental health in the workplace is discussed, the ...
17 May 2013 1:59PM

WPL TV films

Workplace Futures Conference 2013: Professionalising FM
In this series of films from Workplace Futures 2013, we speak to some delegates and speakers from the conference about the state of facilities management. In this short film, we look at getting you...
22 Mar 2013 10:40AM

Weekly news 21-27 November 2012
This Workplace Law weekly news update covers the introduction of the 'One-in, Two-out' regulation rule, local councils preventing SME's from growing, IOSH calling for action on work-related traffic...
28 Nov 2012 9:29AM

Blog Posts

Resource efficiency – a golden opportunity for FMs
I was privileged to be invited to address delegates at the recent European FM Summit in Prague on the subject of waste management. The theme of the presentation, titled ‘Less is more’, ...
21 May 2013 9:02AM

Diversity
A British street dance troupe, winners of Britain’s Got Talent in 2009. Celebrated and positively valued for their unique style and choreography.  They also won the Families United Posit...
13 Nov 2012 12:24PM

What are we running from and why?
The results are in for the Chariots of Fire relay race, one of Cambridge’s largest annual charity events.  Workplace Law’s team of six runners each completed a gruelling 1.7 mile l...
28 Sep 2012 4:16PM

News

CIPD survey reveals managerial vacancies tough to fill
According to the ‘CIPD/Hays Resourcing and Talent Planning Survey 2013’, the proportion of employers reporting an increase in competition for well-qualified talent has increased from 20...
19 Jun 2013 10:38AM

Union calls for review of Employment Tribunal Fees
The Union, UNISON, has revealed that it is challenging the decision by the Ministry of Justice to bring in fees for claims in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal on 29 July 20...
18 Jun 2013 4:53PM

Teaching assistant awarded £28,300 for unfair dismissal
A teaching assistant who was dismissed from a primary school after refusing to cut ties with her convicted sex offender son has been awarded £28,300 in compensation by a Tribunal. Trac...
18 Jun 2013 11:40AM

Survey suggests Fit Notes fail to get people back to work
A new survey has suggested that improvements in sickness absence seen in recent years have now plateaued and, that further progress will only be made through determined action to tackle longer-term...
17 Jun 2013 4:26PM

Recycle Week commences today
Today (17 June) marks the start of Recycle Week - the national event to encourage more people to recycle more things more often. The annual event is celebrating its tenth anniversary this ye...
17 Jun 2013 9:40AM

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