Welcome to part two of our annual Employer’s Guide to Christmas where we discuss how to deal with any disciplinary issues, leave requests and sickness absence following the Christmas party. If you are still yet to have your Christmas do and are concerned about setting [...]
“Tis the season”…. that employers can face all sorts of HR challenges, and our two-part guide is aimed to help you avoid any HR headaches! In part one, we help you to set some ground rules and communicate expectations to staff in relation to the office Christmas [...]
Restrictive Covenants are a legal tool used by employers to protect their business interests from damage by former employees. There have been public concerns raised that these are being used in an unfair way by employers, and as a result restrictive covenants have recently undergone [...]
On 28th October 2023, section 193 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force. This new legislation reduces the time period before criminal convictions become spent and are no longer legally required to be declared to an employer. In this article, [...]
In the case of Colomar Mari v Reuters back in 2015, both the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal found that a delay in resigning while off sick meant that the employee had accepted the employer’s conduct and she lost her chance of a successful [...]
