Discrimination and Bullying

The Mirror reports on the tribunal currently underway in which a female Muslim worker is claiming racial & sex discrimination.If the allegations are found to be true it would seem this employee experienced a bullying manager of the worst kind – timing toilet...

New Year, New Job?

Apparently one in three workers plan to look for a new job in 2015 – a significant increase compared to the number making this plan this time last year according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).January is of course...

Holiday Pay Underpayment News

We hope you all have had a great start to 2015 – Happy New Year! We bring some good news for employers to start the year… yes we know that doesn’t happen often! Following on from recent tribunal rulings about the need to now include commission and...

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas Everyone! Wishing you all a fantastic festive break and wonderful start to 2015. vivoHR has now shut until 6 January – we’ll be mainly drinking mulled wine, eating mince pies & watching Christmas movies for the next two weeks! Retained...

Obesity is not a disability

Yet more media furore over not that much at all really…obesity is the target of today’s hyperbole! Yes it is true that today the European Court of Justice did rule on the case involving an employee in Denmark who claims he was dismissed from work for being...

Employment Tribunal Fees

Unison have lost their latest bid at the High Court to overturn Employment Tribunal Fees.This of course good news for employers who have significantly less fear of groundless or vexatious claims but bad news for employees in genuinely difficult employment situations...