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From garage to unicorn – Employment law lessons for scaling tech teams
Catherine Bourne
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.
14 September 2012
The Government's latest employment proposals
What is interesting about the Government’s announcements today is that BIS does not appear to have changed course since the introduction of Michael Fallon into the Ministerial Team mix. Fallon was parachuted into the Department only last week with the Government reshuffle, as the “voice of business”, some would even say as a Tory spy, so as to keep an eye on Vince Cable, but what has been released today is very much what we have been expecting since before the summer break.
7 September 2012
Vicarious liability and social media - what are the risks to employers?
The prevalence of social media in the workplace continues apace. Employees can often access social media through both employer IT facilities and personal devices. This naturally increases the risk that employees may breach employment policies and/or act unlawfully both in the course of employment and through their actions outside of employment bringing the employer into disrepute.
5 September 2012
Employment Ministers – all change?
From an employment perspective it is difficult to read the extent to which the Government reshuffle will mark a change in direction for the employment team at BIS (the former DTI).