Employment and HR

• New Employment Law Reforms

  • Posted17 September 2012

  The Government has published for consultation a package of reforms aimed at simplifying and speeding up the process of ending the employment relationship when it breaks down. This includes: ...

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• TUPE – What is an ‘Organised Grouping of Employees’?

  • Posted10 September 2012

  A service provision change under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) takes place when, immediately before the change, there is an ‘organised grouping’ of employees...

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• Company Fined Over Motorway Construction Site Death

  • Posted30 August 2012

  Leading engineering and construction company Costain Limited has been fined £250,000 for breaches of health and safety law after one of its employees was killed by a reversing lorry during...

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• Court of Appeal Advises on Dealing With Allegations of Misconduct

  • Posted16 August 2012

  The Court of Appeal has ruled (Crawford and another v Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) that procedural defects in the disciplinary process adopted by their employer rendered unfair the...

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• Changes to the Rules Governing Employment Tribunal Procedure

  • Posted27 July 2012

  Most new laws affecting businesses are introduced on one of two common commencement dates each year – either 6 April or 1 October. From 6 April 2012, the unfair...

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• Low Pay Commission Consults on the Accommodation Offset

  • Posted25 July 2012

  The Low Pay Commission (LPC) was established following the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Act 1998 to advise the Government on the NMW rates and other issues of...

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