It’s easy to see how the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a degree of pandemonium among unprepared businesses over the last year. On top of all the absence data, documentation […]

A law firm was fined £23,000 for unfairly dismissing an employee that had only been with the company for one week. The firm sacked a pregnant administrator who was suffering from […]

Our experience in the HR software industry has meant that we have spoken to thousands of businesses across the length and breadth of the UK. As such, we often come across […]

Unfortunately, with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme coming to an end, many businesses will be faced with making large-scale redundancies as they realise that they are unable to keep many […]

A disciplinary refers to the action that an employer takes to correct an employee’s behaviour. The employer may be concerned about the employee’s work, their general conduct, or an unauthorised […]

With the GDPR deadline just around the corner (May 25th 2018) it’s likely that you and your company have already begun the tasks associated with understanding, auditing, changing and communicating […]

Welcome back for this week’s HR Fun Fridays post, and as it’s Friday the 13th, I wanted to pick a theme that would put fear in the hearts of HR […]

It’s easy to look at the recent (and upcoming) changes in UK employment law and consider it a bit of a HR apocalypse. Of course, all the changes being made […]

Britain used to be an industrial nation; some of us may remember that. Our HR and Management processes tend to remember that all too well. The problem is encapsulated neatly […]

What is indirect discrimination? Indirect discrimination applies a provision, criteria or practice across the board but it has the effect of putting those who share a particular protected characteristic at […]

It’s no wonder that some people are referring to yesterday as the ‘biggest day for employment law’. Since 2013, employees have had to pay fees of up to £1,200 to […]

Fees for tribunal claims introduced Compromise agreements renamed “settlement agreements” Compensatory award limit for unfair dismissal amended Pre-termination negotiations inadmissible in unfair dismissal claims Revised Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal […]