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Detecting and beating bullying in the workplace
Any form of bullying is completely unacceptable and being able to identify the tactics used by the workplace bully is crucial in being able to tackle it.One person’s firm management is another person…
Avoid making a bad job of recruitment
We all make mistakes and it is the impact and corrective action that will usually determine how costly a blunder can be.When it comes to employers hiring the right candidate, the selection process ca…
Ask The Experts - Employment Law Advice For Businesses
Ask the Experts Employment law advice for businessesThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses are taking steps to protect not only their staff, but clients and suppliers alike.It's a difficult tim…
HMRC publishes details of furloughed employees’ scheme
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), this is where employers will be able to claim back 80% of the wages (up to a max £2,500 per month)…
Time to review the annual appraisal to see if it can make any necessary improvements
There can be few things more frustrating than getting fully prepared to do something, knowing exactly how it should work, only to discover it does not work.It’s fair to say that many now view the muc…
How to conduct a fair disciplinary hearing and avoid getting it wrong
‘It’s not fair’ may sound like an unwelcome protest from an unhappy child, but when it’s said in relation to a disciplinary process it should be taken very seriously.An employer’s failure to conduct…
What you can expect at a fair grievance hearing
We live in an age when people are not afraid to complain, but do you really know what to expect if you lodge a formal complaint at work? You can raise a formal grievance at work at any time for…
The working relationship involving HR and employment law
Viewed in some quarters as the enforcers in the employment relationship Human Resources (HR) play a crucial role in ensuring an employer acts legally.There is an image of HR in which it hires and fir…
How to avoid that sickly feeling by managing absence in the right way
We all know that there are laws that govern the employer and employee working relationship, so you could be forgiven for asking: what legislation actually covers absence management?There are no speci…
Redundancy and Takeover
For an employee the takeover of the company they work for can be a time of great uncertainty and spark real fear about what the future holds.A new owner may have their own ideas about how they wish t…
Preventing race discrimination in the workplace
Racism of any type is abhorrent and dealing effectively with such allegations in the workplace is vital.Employers should take a zero-tolerance approach to such unlawful behaviour.The Equality Act 201…
Understanding an employer’s duty to remove barriers for an employee with a disability
Employers are under a duty to make reasonable adjustments for an employee with a disability, but how much is actually known about what that really means?Reasonable adjustments are changes to the work…
