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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
15 August 2013
Retaining talent in a world where age shouldn’t matter
According to figures published by the Office of National Statistics, of the 29.8 million adults currently employed in the UK, 17.5 million of them are between the ages of 25-49, whilst some 8.6 million are +50 years old. With an ageing population still struggling to cope with the effects of the recession, and the Government’s abolition of the default retirement age in April 2011, the dynamics of the UK’s workforce are likely to change over the next decade as people stay in work for longer. Yet are employers ready?
8 August 2013
Casual workers - the key legal issues
From stewards and turnstile operators, to programme sellers, hospitality and catering staff – these individuals play a vital part in the match day experience of football fans. For these frontline roles, clubs often rely on casual workers. A club’s demand for their services will be sporadic, depending on when and how often home matches take place.
5 July 2013
Early Conciliation – Are you ready?
We have been focussing so much recently on the introduction of fees into the Employment Tribunal, and the new (“Underhill” inspired) Employment Tribunal Rules due to come into force on 29 July 2013, that the new system for Early Conciliation (“EC”) through ACAS, has largely gone by unnoticed. Indeed we are still waiting for the Government to respond to its consultation paper although that is apparently to be expected very soon.
31 May 2013
Whistleblowing reform - some discomfort surrounding the law
Like many employment lawyers I have been uncomfortable about the law on whistleblowing. No one can argue with the principle that the exposure of wrongdoing is in the public interest and should be encouraged or that those who do so should be protected. However, what was a good idea in theory often appeared to have been abused in practice by claimants exploiting the whistleblowing regime for purely personal advantage in cases involving no legitimate element of public interest.
20 May 2013
Employment lawyers and the changing workforce - are we just playing catch up or are we in the vanguard of change?
I attended a fabulous Industrial Law Society Conference at the week end. it was rightly held under the ILS ' own version of Chatham House Rules so I cannot attribute views to anyone in particular. What I can say is that there was a fascinating discussion from an HR perspective, as to where we have got to in terms of today's diverse and atypical workforce - a world away from where we were just a decade ago.