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Should overtime be included when calculating holiday pay? It looks like a very real possibility that this will be required if this ruling is anything to go by. More financially worrying perhaps is the fact that employees may be able to backdate claims to 1998. If your...

If you want to introduce a vehicle tracking system at work, you need to proceed with care and attention.  Do it wrong, and you will alienate your staff and cause a significant drop in employee engagement, which you will want to avoid at all times. Employee Engagement...

It seems as if the concept of privacy, something our ancestors fought very hard for, is something that barely exists nowadays.  With the PRIMS scandal proving that the UK and US government is spying on all our online activity, the last thing we need is more spying...

Has your business seen a rise in sickness absence since the start of the summer? Is the absence genuine or do you suspect that it may involve more lying on a sunbed than a sick bed?  Is the absence authorised or do staff simply not turn up for work? Hot weather...

Zero Hours Employment Contracts! We can't hold back any longer in giving our views! Zero hours contracts are not an evil construct of the wicked exploitative employer! They are a useful tool that enables a flexible and affordable workforce in businesses where demand...

We've been discussing Employee Shareholder Contracts today - from September 2013 employers can offer employees shares in the business worth a minimum of £2,000 in return for them waiving some pretty fundamental employment rights. The New Growth & Infrastructure...

Compromise Agreements are a thing of the past! But fear not as they have been replaced with Settlement Agreements that appear to give employers greater flexibility. Settlement Agreements and confidential protected "pre-termination negotiations" can now be entered into...

5 employment law changes that come into force tomorrow - more details can be found in this Personnel Today article http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/17/07/2013/59542/five-employment-law-changes-that-come-into-force-on-29-july-2013.htm?cmpid=NLC|PT|PTDIR-20130717...

The tricky job of telling the difference between employment, internship & work experience...when should someone be paid for working in your business? The issue of unpaid internships rumbles on & the CIPD have ben discussing this on their blog....