Following the abolition of the default retirement age under the Equality Act 2010, employers have been wrestling with the question of how to deal with some of the consequences. Whilst not wishing to force older members of staff into retirement, employers who perhaps find their longstanding employees slowing down or unable to perform to required targets are reluctant to initiate performance management procedures either to spare the employee his or her dignity or out of fear of a claim. Read the rest of this entry »
Compulsory retirement, is it making a comeback?
May 1st, 2012April – A Month of Change in the Employment Law Calendar
April 5th, 2012April is always a month for change in the Employment Law calendar and this year is no exception…..
1st April 2012 saw the standard rate of statutory maternity, paternity and adoption pay increase from £128.73 to £135.45 per week, but a raft of important changes come into effect on 6th April 2012:
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Calling All Employment Lawyers
February 20th, 2012CALLING ALL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS.
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Bill for redundancy to increase
January 10th, 2012As unwelcome as it is to be talking about redundancy so soon into the New Year, this nevertheless remains a subject close to the hearts of many employers. Read the rest of this entry »
And so to the end of our festive blog….
December 23rd, 201123rd December
So – last working day before the Christmas break and we have just received a bottle of sherry (yes – our policies on alcohol and prevention of bribery do permit us to accept this!) and a Christmas card from Mr SC. It said:Read the rest of this entry »
Compromise Agreements can bring that ‘Happily ever after’ ending….
December 22nd, 201122nd December
Good news! We have today heard that Miss White has made a full recovery from her unfortunate accident with a poisoned apple. (Now also recorded in the accident book, following the hasty implementation of an updated health and safety policy by her employers). Read the rest of this entry »
Can the season of goodwill even stretch to disciplinary penalties?
December 21st, 201121st December
Got an email from Mr SC this morning. He has completed the disciplinaries for Donner, Blitzen and Dasher. Donner and Blitzen did escape with only a final written warning, but he felt he had no option but to dismiss Dasher because he was the transport team supervisor and it seemed that he had been using his extra authority to threaten Donner and Blitzen. Read the rest of this entry »
Watch out for the mistletoe……. !
December 20th, 201120th December
“Christmas time – mistletoe and wine..” , the perfect recipe for a new office romance – or the breaking up of an old one. Office relationships can bring an array of problems for employers and there was a time when they seemed keen to ban them altogether through strict rules in their contracts and handbooks. Read the rest of this entry »
Do non- biological fathers qualify for paternity leave?
December 19th, 201119th December
Ok – into the last week before Xmas now, but one of our company clients has a tricky problem. They employ a young man (we’ll call him Joseph) as a carpenter. His wife is expecting a baby sometime around the 25th of the month. She has just started her maternity leave. Joseph is enquiring about paternity leave, Read the rest of this entry »
The need for a risk assessment dwarfs all other workplace obligations….
December 16th, 201116th December
Heard some very sad news about Miss White, whom we saw last week. It seems that the day after we saw her, the Company started receiving visits from a very persistent salesperson, who was able to take advantage of the rather vulnerable Miss White being left alone in the office day after day. Read the rest of this entry »
