Tribunal finds employee disabled when evidence indicates otherwise
Employers should take comprehensive notes at hearings when defending claimsThe case Department for Work and Pensions v Conyers shows how unpredictable disability discrimination cases can...
View ArticleEmployers go ‘above and beyond’ on legal pension requirements
But smaller firms plan to limit future wages to fund auto-enrolment, finds CIPDMore than two thirds of employers have now automatically enrolled workers into a pension scheme, with many contributing...
View ArticleWhat does Lucy Adams know about the future of HR?
Robert Jeffery watches the ‘notorious’ former BBC HR director on the comeback trailLucy Adams is the HR equivalent of Britney Spears. By which I refer not to her carefully coiffeured hair or designer...
View Article‘Facebook at Work’ under development, reports say
New workplace network to rival LinkedIn and Google Facebook is developing a new product called ‘Facebook at Work’ to enable users to message colleagues and link with business associates, it has been...
View ArticleExecutive entitled to ‘golden parachute’ as well as merger bonus
Clause clash results in windfall for redundant company secretaryThe High Court, in the case Elliston v Glencore Services, ruled recently that a former executive was entitled to over £400,000 in...
View ArticleCut bankers’ pay to restore institutional trust, says Carney
Current measures ‘not sufficient’ to address series of financial scandalsBankers’ fixed pay, as well as bonuses, should be clawed back in light of any wrongdoing, the governor of the Bank of England...
View ArticleUK employers urged to become more agile
Industry leaders promote economic and business benefits of flexible workingA group of the UK’s most high-profile companies are calling on employers to adopt more agile working practices to help boost...
View ArticleDefence workers stage four-day walkout over pay
‘Cash-rich’ management can afford better offer, says Union.More than 800 employees of Defence Support Group (DSG) began a four-day strike yesterday in an ongoing dispute over pay.Members of the Unite...
View ArticleGagging clauses are lawful and enforceable
But employers cannot use them to prevent whistleblowingConfidentiality clauses are back in the news with The Guardian recently reporting that former BBC journalist Olenka Frenkiel refused to sign an...
View ArticleGender pay gap ‘narrowest since records began’
But campaigners urge employers to publish and act on equal pay auditsThe gender pay gap is at its narrowest since official records began in 1997, according to the Office for National Statistics.Men now...
View ArticleMediation under-used in early stages of dispute, finds research
Organisations miss out on benefits by favouring formal resolutionEmployers are failing to adopt mediation in the early stages of workplace disputes, despite the fact it could help employers avoid more...
View ArticleFour ways HR can prepare for the future of work
Experts ask if employers are ready for a VUCA worldWe’re living in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world, delegates heard at the HR Vision conference in London. “The global...
View ArticleHow employers can devise their own football-style equality scheme
Using positive action to combat under-representation of minorities at workIt was widely reported recently that Premier League football clubs have agreed a new measure to add three places purely for...
View ArticleNHS struggles to justify cost of staff health, report finds
But employer body says greater evaluation will realise benefits Financial pressures on the NHS have made it increasingly difficult for boards to justify spending on internal health and well-being...
View ArticleNeet numbers fall by 142,000 in a year
But figures ‘mask lack of progress’ among economically inactiveThe number of young people Not in Education, Employment or Training (Neet) has fallen by 142,000 from a year ago to 954,000, according to...
View ArticleLandmark Wales-only NHS pay deal agreed
Unions bemoan ‘difficult process’ but aim to build on terms in futureIn a historic settlement, the Welsh government, unions and NHS employees have agreed a Wales-only NHS pay deal.Health workers were...
View ArticleTribunal inappropriately used its own web research as evidence
Employers should avoid falling in to the same trap when assessing disabilityIn the case East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Sanders the EAT had to decide whether a tribunal should have...
View ArticleEAT advice on dealing with redundancy during maternity leave
Not being offered suitable alternative vacancy was unfair dismissal but not discriminationThe Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case Sefton Borough Council v Wainwright analysed the right of...
View ArticleVirtual world launched to attract young talent to HR
CIPD joins forces with Plotr to create career advice game siteThe CIPD has partnered with careers advice specialists Plotr to create a virtual HR world to highlight the range of careers the function...
View ArticleEmployers hire migrants to fill UK skills gap, finds BCC
Report comes as Labour plans to end overseas-only recruitmentAlmost half of UK businesses have turned to migrant workers as they struggle to find local talent, a report from British Chamber of Commerce...
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