employment law

How to manage your employees’ stress at work

August 30, 2012

In the current economic climate businesses are naturally seeking to increase their revenue and cut their overheads. The largest overhead is generally labour – a business’ staff count. Although a large amount of labour hoarding has occurred during the current recession unemployment in the UK has increased from 5.3% in April 2007 to 8% in […]

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What should your business do if you think TUPE applies to a transaction?

August 21, 2012

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2002 (“TUPE”) applies when a contract for the provision of services changes hands or one business buys part or the whole of another business. This is undoubtedly confusing for both employees and employers – which assets are transferred to the purchasing business, which employees are employed and […]

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Misuse of computers at work – how employers should deal with it

August 16, 2012

This recent case in the Employment Tribunal demonstrates that employers should be extremely careful when dealing with cases of misuse of computers at work. A failure to deal properly with such cases could lead to a (potentially successful) claim for unfair dismissal by the employee concerned. We’ll therefore look at the following in this post to […]

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Employee return to work guide

July 22, 2012

Return to work interview There are several different reasons why an employee might be absent from work: illness, injury, parental leave, stress etc. The employer is under a duty to be in contact with an absent employee and make sure they receive the support needed. What is a return to work interview ? The interview […]

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