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Rayner my parade! The importance of specialist advice.
Jemma Brimblecombe
28 January 2013
Sickness and absence reporting - are your HR policies clear?
The alarm goes off, it’s dark outside and your bed is so warm – let’s be honest, who hasn’t had a moment when they have wondered ‘do I have to go into work today?’ Add to that the recent snow and travel disruptions, the short days, the post-Christmas blues and already broken New Year’s resolutions and it becomes clear why employee absenteeism is often high in January and February.
17 January 2013
Ending the Employment Relationship – further clarity provided, but more needs to come, and soon
This morning BIS released a number of significant papers. These included its latest response paper in relation to the “Ending the Employment Relationship” consultation.
20 December 2012
Internal investigations - moving up the corporate agenda
The recent announcement by Rolls-Royce that it had passed information relating to potential bribery and corruption to the SFO following an internal investigation is part of a growing trend for corporates to conduct internal investigations when faced with serious wrongdoing or misconduct within their organisation.
5 December 2012
Nothing is to stop the employee shareholder proposals...
In the space of a 3-week consultation period the new category of employer owner has become a new style “employee shareholder”, but for many the proposal remains half baked…
10 October 2012
The latest employment tribunal statistics - a mixed picture
On 20 September the MoJ released statistics for employment tribunal claims for the year ending 31 March 2012, showing a continued decline in tribunal claims. In total, 186,300 claims were made, a 15% fall on the previous year.