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
Jayn Bond on providing references
A recent Court of Appeal decision has provided some guidance on how an employer should deal with a reference request when allegations about an ex-employee come to light after they have left.
Jayn ... | audio | 29 Sep 2011 4:54PM
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
Contract variation: how to change terms and conditions
Contracts of employment are made up of a variety of terms and conditions which set out the respective obligations between the employer and employee, for example what the employee is employed to do ... | briefing | 27 Mar 2008 11:05AM
Restrictive covenants in employee contracts
Every business has a body of information that it considers to be secret, confidential, sensitive and integral to that business’ success. Information that, if disclosed to another person, part... | briefing | 12 Sep 2007 10:36AM
Recruiting staff: the entire process
Recruiting staff is a difficult, time-consuming task, where an inappropriate recruitment choice can lead to wasted costs, dissatisfied clients and disgruntled colleagues.
It is also the fi... | briefing | 13 Jun 2008 1:31PM
Probationary periods for new employees
It is common for contracts of employment for new employees to include provision for a probationary period. During this period, the employee’s performance and suitability for the job in questi... | briefing | 21 Sep 2007 10:22AM
Migrant workers: a guide to immigration rules and the prevention of illegal working
Immigration has become one of the most contentious political issues of our times. Critics claim that increased immigration strains public services and erodes social cohesion, while others, in... | briefing | 20 Jul 2010 12:31PM
Autoclenz staff ruled to be employees
The UK Supreme Court has ruled on the case of Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher, in which a number of car valeters whose contracts suggested they were self-employed claimed they were not genuinely self-emplo... | case | 28 Jul 2011 3:42PM
Employers warned about commenting on former employees
Employers are being warned about the dangers of commenting on former employees to their future or current employees, following a judgment handed down by the High Court.
Mr McKie was a lect... | case | 5 May 2011 3:51PM
Entertainment agency owner banned over withheld payments
The owner of an entertainment agency that supplied acts to venues has been banned from supplying entertainers as an employment business for seven years after his formal order of disqualification... | case | 2 Feb 2011 11:32AM
Employment agencies found to be breaching regulations
The majority of 52 Exeter employment agencies visited by National Minimum Wage (NMW) and Employment Agency Standards (EAS) enforcement officers last week have been found in breach of emp... | case | 31 Jan 2011 10:58AM
Businesses reminded of agency worker safety responsibilities
Two Lincolnshire companies have been fined after four workers were injured in a 3.5-metre fall at a vegetable processing and packaging site.
The workers were employed by Spalding-based J & ... | case | 7 Jan 2011 5:52PM
James v. Greenwich London Borough Council (2008)
Mrs James worked for an employment agency and was supplied by them to work for Greenwich Council as a temporary worker.
Mrs James had no contract with the Council; however, there was an agreement ... | case review | 5 Feb 2008 12:56PM
O'Reilly v. British Broadcasting Corporation and another (2010)
Ms O'Reilly was one of the presenters of Countryfile. The programme was moved in the TV schedule from a daytime to primetime slot. However, Ms O'Reilly was not asked to ‘move forward’ t... | case review | 19 Nov 2010 4:35PM
Keane v. Investigo and others (2009)
The Claimant, an experienced accountant aged 50, applied for a large number of jobs advertised online as suitable for newly qualified accountants, and when not offered an interview alleged age disc... | case review | 11 Nov 2009 1:50PM
Heyday Legal Challenge on Age Discrimination 2009
Shortly following the publishing of the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations, the charities Age Concern and Help the Aged (Age UK) put in complaints about aspects of the Regulations discriminating... | case review | 25 Sep 2009 1:38PM
Bullimore v. Pothecary Witham Weld Solicitors and another
A former employer was held liable to pay damages after it gave the claimant a poor reference, causing her prospective new employer to withdraw its job offer.
The claimant was a solicitor who had b... | case review | 21 Sep 2010 12:29PM
Legionella trial draws to an end
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Contract disputes
About 90% of court cases are settled before trial.
Mediation saves UK business over £1bn a year in wasted management time, damaged relationships, lost productivity and legal fees... | Factsheet | 17 Sep 2007 6:39AM
Agency and temporary workers
There are some 1.5 million temporary employees in the UK, who make up about 6.2% of the workforce.
Only 25% of temporary employees positively choose temporary work over a p... | Factsheet | 10 Dec 2007 3:22PM
Migrant workers
In the 12 months to October-December 2008, employment of UK born workers fell by 278,000 to 25.6 million. In the same period, employment of non-UK born workers rose by 214,000 to 3.8 million.Anal... | Factsheet | 17 Sep 2007 2:29PM
Criminal records
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Contractors
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Playing with numbers: TUPE special issue
It's been around for 24 years (nearly 100 if you're picky!), there's endless case law to guide us, and yet we still don't have a clue what we're doing when TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection... | Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2005 2:07PM
Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth
The recession has slipped from the front pages in recent weeks to be replaced by swine flu worries and expenses rows; both of which bring their own potential problems for employers, of course. But ... | Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009 10:54AM
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
New guidance on facilities management contracts launched
Workplace Law Network has now published Facilities Management Contracts 2008, following the success of our best-selling Guide to Facilities Management Contracts, first and second edi... | network news | 22 Nov 2007 4:01PM
BPF launches fully updated consultancy agreement
The BPF Consultancy Agreement, fully updated to include changes to reflect the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, is available to buy from Workplace Law today. Developed by clie... | network news | 25 Jul 2007 12:00AM
New guidance on working with contractors published
Misunderstandings over who is responsible for monitoring and protecting contractors and subcontractors – leading to the failure to carry out responsibilities – is often at the heart of ... | network news | 27 Sep 2007 11:30AM
Workplace Law FM Conference - Occupational health and absence issues
The idea of managing and investing in occupational health is one that is growing in importance for businesses.
Speaking yesterday (31 January) at Workplace Law’s 8th Annual Faci... | network news | 30 Jan 2007 12:00AM
Middle managers job security fears
UK middle managers are feeling the squeeze as a result of the economic downturn, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's (CIPD) quarterly Employee Outlook survey of 2,00... | news | 25 Jan 2012 9:51AM
Rise in part-time working due to fragile job market
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Age-related discrimination still rife
Research published by the Department for Work and Pensions shows that age-related discrimination and stereotyping remain rooted in British society.
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Temporary and permanent jobs drop
There was a drop in the number of people placed in permanent jobs for the third successive month in December, according to the Report on Jobs published this week by the REC and KPMG. The rate of co... | news | 13 Jan 2012 10:57AM
Interns snapping up graduate jobs
Britain’s top employers are set to recruit more graduates this year, but a record number of jobs will be filled by graduates with previous work experience.
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BlackBerries: the issues for employers
It was revealed this week that US news outlet ABC News has asked its staff to sign a waiver saying they may be required to check their emails from home through their work-issued BlackBerries but wi... | news analysis | 2 Jul 2008 2:10PM
Apprenticeships: the potential problems
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Work experience placements: the risks and the benefits
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Agency workers: are all working practices bound to change?
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Retirement issue rumbles on
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Vetting and Barring Scheme
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Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006
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Facilities Management Legal Update 2008: special report
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Occupational Health 2008: Making the business case - special report
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Working with Contractors 2008: Special Report
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HR legal update
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Weekly news 1-7 February 2012
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Weekly news 19-25 January 2012
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Weekly news 9-13 January 2012
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Weekly news 12-16 September 2011
Welcome to this week's Workplace Law news update which covers; changes to RIDDOR reporting, proposed amendments to the Legal Aid Bill, an update on the Agency Workers Directive, a European case r... | Video - News | 19 Sep 2011 3:01PM
Weekly news 19-23 September 2011
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Agency Workers Regulations
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Managing redundancy and restructuring
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Immigration law update
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Agency Workers Regulations and recent Tribunal decisions on workplace banter
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French reality TV contestants win employment rights
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'Rolled-up' Holiday Pay: Agencies Call for Clarification
Above states that the ruling was by the Scottish Court of Session. As there is somtimes a difference between Scottish and English law would the above still hold good in an English Court? | comment | 3 Jun 2003 9:22AM
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Firms Fined £205K after Road Traffic Accident
Whatever has happened to personal resposibility?
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Temporary Workers Directive still a Threat to UK Businesses
The is designed to give basic employment rights to temporary agency workers. What is wrong with that? Many TAW's don't want to be- they are forced to be because they can't find perm... | comment | 9 May 2003 4:53PM
Temporary Workers Directive still a Threat to UK Businesses
It seems to me that this debate is already academic in that there has been a pre-emptive strike by many major blue chips embarking on a dump-the-contractor policy for the past 18 months. Until June... | comment | 20 Apr 2003 1:51PM
Extension of Anti-discrimination Laws: Part One
According to the Independent newspaper, the word "homosexual" is being dropped altogether from the forthcoming legislation, and is being replaced by the phrase "orientation towards p... | comment | 26 Nov 2002 5:11PM
CIPD: Agency Worker Directive 'Bad for British Jobs'
One possible crumb of comfort for employers is that the Committee has suggested that the comparison should be defined as being no less favourably than if they had been engaged directly by the end u... | comment | 20 Nov 2002 6:56PM
CIPD: Agency Worker Directive 'Bad for British Jobs'
Prior to working with my current employers, I was on contract with a big Telecoms company. When they felt the pinch of the bursting bubble within the telecoms industry, they got rid of all their c... | comment | 20 Nov 2002 1:30PM
CIPD: Agency Worker Directive 'Bad for British Jobs'
Whilst I agree with some of the comments posted, I think that some people are missing the point. Some unscrupulous employers (and I've worked for some of them)have been employing people on a &... | comment | 19 Nov 2002 1:15AM