By Jenny Gibson in Employment Law on Wednesday 30 November 2011 @ 12:19
Social media is playing an increasing part in our daily lives with the growing popularity of Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites for both personal and business use. Employers should be aware of social media and its potential impact on their business. Following research... read more
By Jenny Gibson in Employment Law on Thursday 3 March 2011 @ 11:55
Following on from my original blog of 22 February, a revised draft of the Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age Provisions) Regulations 2011 has now been released following the concerns raised regarding the previous draft. The main concern raised by practitioners was that according to... read more
By Jenny Gibson in Employment Law on Tuesday 22 February 2011 @ 09:43
It has recently been confirmed that the rules relating to default retirement ages and compulsory retirement will cease to have effect from 1 October 2011. Regulations have now been published (The Employment Equality (Repeal of Retirement Age) Provisions 2011), which come into force on 6 April... read more
By Jenny Gibson in Employment Law on Friday 18 February 2011 @ 13:21
Employers should take care that termination payments are taxed correctly because HMRC can recover unpaid tax, national insurance contributions, penalties and interest from them. Sometimes, for example under the terms of a compromise agreement, the employer will have the benefit of an indemnity... read more
By Jenny Gibson in Employment Law on Monday 7 February 2011 @ 09:48
On 27 January 2011, at the same time as launching a consultation on tribunal reforms, the Government published a document called the Employer’s Charter, which can be found at www.businesslink.gov.gov.uk/employerscharter. The Charter states that employers can do a list of things in relation to... read more
