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Living Wage
It is Living Wage week this week. What's that you ask? Another initiative from people who have no clue about the real world might be my first answer! From this year onwards a figure will be published in November which gives the recommended minimum hourly rate that...
Living Wage Week
It is Living Wage week this week. What's that you ask? Another initiative from people who have no clue about the real world might be my first answer! From this year onwards a figure will be published in November which gives the recommended minimum hourly rate that...
A landmark Equal Pay case
174 female ex-employees have finally won their lengthy Equal Pay battle against Birmingham City Council...although they are yet to see any money, as having won the case they now need to pursue their claims for actual payment. Their potential payout totals around...
Another crazy scheme or business genius?
We find ourselves unable to get very worked up about George Osborne's latest and greatest annoucement - one that seems to have come from absolutely nowhere with no consultation as far as we can tell. Apparently, by April 2013 a new "owner-employee" contract will...
Employee Absence has dropped – is this all good news?
On a related note to yesterday's blog, the CIPD Absence Management Survey reports that average employee absence has fallen by approximately one day, but this is not all good news it seems. Employees who are fearful of redundancy or who can't afford to receive just SSP...
World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health Day and the World Health Organisation are this year focussing on depression which is identified as a major issue in the workplace. The Mental Health Foundation have published research suggesting that British workers are the most depressed...
Resignation by twitter?!
A reminder to employers about the power of social media and the ability for disgruntled staff to rapidly share your alleged short-comings with the world. An employee sent his resignation email to every employee of his firm detailing his numerous complaints about his...
Flexible Working Options help businesses manage in the recession
Flexible Working Options are helping businesses weather the storm of recession according to a report by the the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's (REC) Flexible Work Commission. By introducing more short term and project based work contracts, using more temps...
It is here – Pension Auto Enrollment begins!
We feel like we've been talking about this forever but Pension Auto-enrollment finally begins today on the 1st October for larger businesses. For SMEs your staging date will be sometime between 2014 & 2017 depending on number of employees and your PAYE reference...