There are some big changes in employment law coming into effect this April which all employers and HR managers need to be aware of. Some of these may require some advance preparation – for example to update your contracts of employment – so it’s worth getting up to speed now, rather than leaving it all […]
Employment law changes all the time – when was the last time you reviewed your contracts and handbook?
The start of the year can be a good time to take stock and plan what needs to be done in the coming months. So why not make a resolution to ensure all your HR paperwork is up to date? Contracts of Employment Carefully drafted contracts can save businesses huge amounts of time, trouble, and […]
All good things come to an end, and team-members may choose to move on for any number of reasons. Usually, everything goes smoothly, but there can be issues – do any of these sound familiar?
A labyrinth is a complicated and irregular network of passages in which it is difficult to find one’s way. Employment Law can often seem like that. Take for instance the issue of self-employment:
A contract of employment is an agreement between an employer and employee and is the basis of the employment relationship. Most employment contracts do not need to be in writing to be legally valid, but it is better if they are. A contract ‘starts’ as soon as an offer of employment is accepted.
The subject of holiday entitlement causes massive confusion for many businesses, often because rules seems to have been written with 9-5, 5 days-a-week workers in mind, rather than today’s complicated business environment.
Caroline Employees do have the right to ‘reasonable’ time off to deal with an urgent situation involving a ‘dependent’, which might be a spouse or partner, child, grandchild, parent, or someone else who depends on the employee for care.