Should checking emails while commuting count as work?
Should checking emails while commuting count as work? With the advances in mobile phone technology and improved Wi-Fi on trains, commuters are more frequently using [...]
September 2018
June 2018
Where do employers stand with travel disruptions?
Where do employers stand with travel disruptions? Last month hundreds of businesses were affected by the various disruptions caused by Northern Rail, not only were [...]
June 2017
Busting or busted: toilet break rules
Busting or busted: toilet break rules I came across an interesting case the other day involving a call centre employee who contacted their MP to [...]
November 2016
The Mechanics of Fixed Term Contracts
The Mechanics of Fixed Term Contracts You’ve got a gap to fill because one of your employees is going to be absent for a [...]
September 2016
Self Employment: The Deliveroo Problem
Engaging workers on a self-employed/self employment basis has historically been a plausible way of avoiding employment law obligations. Self-employed people have very few rights; national minimum wage, for example, [...]
November 2015
Dealing with staff who are persistently late
There can be potential time and cost implications for employers where staff are persistently late. These implications can arise as a result of employees missing deadlines and/or overtime having [...]
September 2015
Travel time for workers constitutes working time
Travel time for workers constitutes working time The news broke on 10th September 2015 that a landmark ruling had emerged from the Court of Justice of the European Union [...]
June 2015
What breaks are your staff entitled to?
Breaks can be split into the following 3 categories:- Rest breaks Daily rest period Weekly rest period Please consider this a fact sheet of the rest periods that workers [...]
November 2014
Solution to … agile working
Issue: The Agile Future Forum (AFF) held their first event this week, during which its members – including some of the UK’s biggest employers – urged British companies to adopt [...]
October 2014
Working longer hours
Clashes have erupted over tfl’s plan to run a 24-hour Tube service at weekends from the 12th September 2015, with the RMT reacting angrily at how the plan will [...]