When should you pay an employee for their time spent travelling?
When should you pay an employee for their time spent travelling? The issue of what constitutes working time; particularly in relation to time spent [...]
May 2019
An Employer’s Guide to Discrimination – Part 2
An Employer's Guide to Discrimination - Part 2 In Part 1 we focused on the different forms of discrimination and the various protected characteristics [...]
April 2019
An Employer’s Guide to Managing Bank Holidays
An Employer's Guide to Managing Bank Holidays It’s that time of year again when Bank Holiday weekends are on the horizon and without tempting [...]
An Employer’s Guide to Discrimination – Part 1 (Introduction)
An Introduction to Discrimination This article will focus on the types of discrimination and the types of protected characteristics as defined under the Equality [...]
March 2019
Automatic Unfair Dismissal: The Ultimate Guide for Employer’s
Automatic Unfair Dismissal: The Ultimate Guide for Employers What is an automatic unfair dismissal? Most employers are familiar with the term ‘unfair dismissal’, its [...]
An Employer’s Guide to Gross Misconduct & Summary Dismissal
An Employer's Guide to Gross Misconduct I think it is fair to say that most queries we receive from businesses are related to the [...]
February 2019
Redundancy- An Essential Guide for Employers
Redundancy- An Essential Guide for Employers In my experience of advising businesses I can safely say that redundancy is one of the most commonly [...]
Managing a Temporary Shortage of Work
Managing a Temporary Shortage of Work Definition of Lost ‘Lost’ is how a lot of business owners generally feel when faced with the prospect [...]
January 2019
A Short Guide to Safe Driving in the Snow
A Short Guide to Safe Driving in the Snow. Winter motoring requires special care and a little preparation if you are to avoid a [...]
Harassment and the Perils of ‘Workplace Banter’
Harassment and the Perils of ‘Workplace Banter’ Harassment has rarely been out of the news over the last 12 months, with the focus being [...]