By Amanda Jones in Employment Law on Thursday 10 June 2010 @ 14:07
As the government proposes changing working patterns for all employees across the country, flexible working has become the most valued benefit prospective job hunters value when researching new employment.According to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), out of 1,167 UK professionals a... read more
By Amanda Jones in Employment Law on Wednesday 28 April 2010 @ 16:56
The number of job seekers lying about their qualifications has reached alarming levels, meaning 40% could face jail after the landmark decision to imprison a woman for six months over her false CV.In March, Rhiannon Mackay was jailed after falsifying references and qualifications. The 29... read more
By Bethan Jones in Employment Law on Thursday 25 February 2010 @ 09:46
The allegations that have emerged in the past week regarding treatment of staff at No 10 Downing Street have brought workplace bullying and harassment into the spotlight. These allegations have been strenuously denied by the Prime Minister and his aides, who say that Mr Brown is not a bully but a... read more
By Jenny Gibson in Employment Law on Monday 5 October 2009 @ 10:10
The increase in the maximum amount of a ‘week’s pay’ on 1 October 2009 from £350.00 to £380.00 will see employers paying out more when making redundancies.The concept of a capped level of weekly pay is applied when calculating statutory redundancy pay. It also applies to certain other... read more
By Jenny Gibson in Employment Law on Thursday 24 September 2009 @ 15:13
The European Court of Justice has held, in the case of Pereda v Madrid Movilidad, that if a worker is sick during a period of annual leave, he is entitled to take the affected period of leave at another time, if he would not otherwise have had (free of sickness) the minimum period of annual leave... read more
