31 January 2012 | Michael Delaney
The Government has launched a pilot scheme for two regional 'mediation networks' in Cambridge and Manchester for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The Department for Business, Innovation and...
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30 January 2012 | Hong Cameron
The next free HR forum meeting will take place on Tuesday 28th February 12.30-2.00pm.
Social networking's popularity has soared in the last few years. The likes of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn continue...
27 January 2012 | Michael Delaney
The Government has published a revised timetable for pensions auto-enrolment.
From 1 October 2012, and depending on the size of the PAYE scheme, employers will have to enrol eligible employees automatically...
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20 January 2012 | Michael Oberwarth
Flexible working is a key issue for both employers and employees and now the Government is promoting its benefits.
In November 2011, the transport Minister Norman Baker launched the ‘Anywhere Working’...
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20 January 2012 | Michael Delaney
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has said that that the increase in parental leave from 13 to 18 weeks will not be implemented by March 2012.
The EU Parental Leave Directive,...
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19 January 2012 | Michael Delaney
On 6 April 2012, the qualifying period for unfair dismissal will increase from one to two years. Further details are here.
When the government announced this change in October 2011, it did not confirm...
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18 January 2012 | Michael Oberwarth
The London Olympics will begin on 27 July and it is thought that up to 7000 volunteers will be involved to help make it a successful event.
Many of these volunteers will be employees, so, in order to...
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9 January 2012 | Rebecca Fox
I recently wrote an article on women and depression in the workplace, which was published on the HR Zone website.
Statistics have revealed that depression affects approximately one in six people (and...
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15 December 2011 | Michael Delaney
The Government has launched a consultation on the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.
The consultation paper contains two options for consideration:
Option one: an initial fee of between...
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