Employment Blog

• LET IT SNOW – AND WHAT TO DO WHEN IT DOES

  December 15, 2011

  With winter finally having arrived, ACAS has issued a guidance booklet http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3553 ,snappily entitled “Winter Warners” . This deals with all the nasty parts of winter in one useful document ...

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  Author: Debra Wetters

• IT’S NOT JUST A CONVERSATION, IT’S PROTECTED

  November 29, 2011

  According to Nick Clegg, the latest change needed to employment law is the creation of a “protected conversation”. This will be a new way for employers to be able to ...

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  Author: Debra Wetters

• EVERYONE IS SWEDISH?

  September 21, 2011

   The Agency Workers Regulations come into force on 1 October 2011. This important piece of legislation will significantly change the way in which temps are able to work within the ...

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  Author: Debra Wetters

• YOU CAN CALL A SPADE A SPADE, BUT IT MAY STILL BE A FORK

  August 17, 2011

  Many workers believe that they are employed on a self-employed basis, either as sub-contractors or as consultants. Despite this, a recent Court of Appeal decision has confirmed that, whatever is ...

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  Author: Debra Wetters

• WHO SHOULD LOOK AFTER THE BABY?

  June 15, 2011

  Fathers of babies born on or after 3 April 2011 now have the right to share maternity leave with their partners. Families may decide that Mum should return to work, ...

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  Author: Debra Wetters

• THE THORNY QUESTION OF REFERENCES

  May 05, 2011

  – what can they say about you, and when? 

   

  Everyone is interested in the reference which their former employer will give for obvious reasons.  People need to be able ...

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  Author: Debra Wetters