To Pay or not to Pay – That will be the question??
What do I need to do to avoid eruptions about pay as I have staff who will be taking extra time off because of the travel chaos?
A common question I am being asked at the moment and as always there are numerous opinions/views out [...]
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Five Tips for Employers on Volcanic Pay Disputes
Posted by Ed in April 19th 2010 under: Uncategorized Tags: absence, absence policy, business link, DirectGov, Employer, Pay, Travel chaos, volcanic, Volcano
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Workers Rights Helpline gets 50,000 Calls
Posted by Ed in April 12th 2010 under: Employment Matters, Employment law Tags: business link, Defra, Employment relations minister, Gangmasters Licensing Authority, Health and Safety Executive, HM Revenue & Customs, Lord Young, national minimum wage, National Minimum Wage entitlement, rates and arrears checker
Pay and Work Rights Helpline
More than 50,000 people have called a government helpline on workers’ rights since it launched in September and last week launched a video on YouTube giving advice for employees on basic work rights. View video here.
Source: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
New Employee Rights to Request Time Off for Training
Posted by Ed in January 19th 2010 under: Uncategorized Tags: Apprenticeships, BIS, business link, Children and Learning Act, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Skills, Skills Minister
The BIS (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) has recently launched guidance for employers about the new right for employees to request time for training.
1 in 10 Companies to make Redundancies in 2010
Posted by Ed in January 12th 2010 under: Employment Matters, Redundancy Tags: business link, Financial Times, Manpower
With the New Year we all hoped the economy would improve and unemployment go down. However in the last quarter of 2009 companies around the world shed jobs; almost 30,000 job losses were announced by British companies in just two weeks during November. (Nov 21st , Financial Times).