Category Archives: Miscellaneous
16 businesses face £½m fines for employing illegal workers
16 businesses have recently been found to be in breach of immigration laws, as between ...
Jan
English Apprenticeships: avoiding giving ‘enhanced’ employment protection
Training apprentices is a great way for employers to mould and develop their staff to ...
Oct
New report reveals current modern slavery checks are not ‘fit for purpose’
Following the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) shock revelation that Modern Slavery and Trafficking is affecting ...
Sep
The employment crisis in the social care sector
The employment crisis in the social care sector Lily Wilde, Warwick University, Faculty of Law, ...
Sep
New compensation in discrimination cases
Before December 2002, there were no clear guidelines for the amount of compensation to be ...
Sep
Mistakes in Acas early conciliation
A case earlier last month has highlighted a pitfall for a claimant when making mistakes ...
Aug
Are our employment tribunals safe?
The Government has announced plans to close Bedford Employment Tribunal from September. After closing 140 ...
Jul
Religious discrimination risk as employer bans beards
A construction firm named The Mears Group (‘Mears’) has created a policy banning its workers ...
Jun
Landmark victory in sex discrimination claim
We learned of a sex discrimination claim that is interesting. In April 2015 the Government introduced ...
Jun
Brexit to increase competition for employees
Hays Recruitment have carried out a survey of more than 1000 HR professionals. Their report ...
Jun