by Rachel Goodman | Oct 13, 2014 | General News
A Tribunal Fees Judicial Review is to be heard later in October – Unison have been granted permission to bring new proceedings that challenge the lawfulness of the Government’s introduction of tribunal fees last year.Unison argue that the introduction of...
by Rachel Goodman | Oct 6, 2014 | General News
Employee of the future Amelia? The latest development in artificial intelligence from American firm IPSoft is going to streamline everyday business tasks by automating laborious and boring work functions such as processing financial transactions, according to reports...
by Rachel Goodman | Oct 3, 2014 | General News
Watch out for your poppy seed rolls this lunch time….. the BBC are reporting a rise in the amount of workplace drug testing. Towards the end of the article it questions the validity of some tests as poppy seed bread can indicate the presence of opiates!...
by Rachel Goodman | Oct 3, 2014 | General News
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has announced that it will be carrying out an investigation into unlawful discrimination in the Metropolitan Police Service (the Met). This comes on the back of high profile cases such as the recent tribunal that found...
by Rachel Goodman | Oct 2, 2014 | General News
In the week that the National Minimum Wage increases, it appears that workers’ pay is going to be a hot election topic according to Personnel Today. David Cameron promises tax cuts that will benefit those on the lowest pay rates, but also promises to increase...
by Rachel Goodman | Sep 22, 2014 | General News
Employers are being advised that they need to consider what they will pay employees who take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) from next April. If employers currently offer enhanced maternity pay they will need to consider if they will continue …to offer this to...
