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Paperboy loses latest round in battle for employment rights

Myles Bebbington, a paperboy who lost his claim for unfair dismissal in an employment tribunal because he was not an employee of the newsagent, has now lost his appeal in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). Read More...

Published 26 Feb 2010 2:57 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, contracts of employment, contracts, unfair dismissal, younger workers, children, employment status

Is your workplace disability confident?

A workforce that includes people from a variety of backgrounds benefits in many ways. One example of the benefits of employing disabled people, is that an organisation will prosper from the characteristics a disabled person has had to develop to deal...

Published 26 Feb 2010 12:31 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, disability discrimination, disability

National minimum wage: Announcement on 2010/2011 rate likely "within a couple of weeks"

The 2010 report from the Low Pay Commission (LPC) - which will set out its recommendations on the national minimum wage rates for 2010/2011 (due to come into effect on 1 October 2010) - is likely to be published "within a couple of weeks", an...

Published 26 Feb 2010 10:50 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, general election, national minimum wage, budget

Economic recovery sustained - but double-dip recession risk remains

For now at least, the UK's emergence from recession is ongoing and the economy appears to be gaining in strength - albeit very slowly indeed. Latest revised estimates published today (Friday 26 February 2010) on economic growth show that gross domestic...

Published 26 Feb 2010 9:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: economics, economic indicators, recession, gdp

Using social media in internal communications

If you are keen to pull together a justification for using social media or are looking to see how other organisations are using social media tools for internal communications then you might find this post useful. Thomas Crampton looked an annual survey...

Published 26 Feb 2010 9:25 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: communication, social media, HR 2.0, towers watson, internal communication

Should the default retirement age be abolished? Take part in our 2010 retirement procedures survey

"The default retirement age should be abolished and public services and policies reshaped to promote extended working life." This is according to John Sibson of consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). A new report from PwC argues that the...

Published 25 Feb 2010 7:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: retirement, termination of employment, xperthr, benchmarking, irs surveys

Employment tribunals: are unfairly dismissed claimants often reinstated?

The recent case of City of Edinburgh Council v Dickson made the headlines (on the Metro website) because of the claimant's lurid conduct (watching pornography in the employer's public computer suite) and his unusual defence (that diabetes had...

Published 24 Feb 2010 4:36 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employment tribunals, dismissal, misconduct, unfair dismissal

FE sector seeks greater collaboration with employers

At a seminar organised by the Guardian newspaper and the Further Education Reputation Strategy Group , key players in the further education (FE) and skills sector have been looking at how they can improve their interaction with employers and employees...

Published 24 Feb 2010 12:35 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: training and development, skills, learning and skills council, further education colleges, skills funding agency

Take part in our mini-survey of HR blogs and blogging in 2010

Reading, commenting on, or even writing your own HR blogs can represent one of the most direct and accessible routes into the world social media for HR professionals and employment practitioners. And it can bring great benefits in terms of networking...

Published 24 Feb 2010 11:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: social networking, social media, blogging, blogs, HR 2.0

"Bullying at No.10", alleges anti-bullying charity

Gordon Brown has come under fire amidst bullying allegations by staff at No.10, Downing Street. According to Christine Pratt, CEO of the National Bullying Helpline, the charity has received several "confidential" enquiries from the PM's...

Published 24 Feb 2010 9:08 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: employee rights, employee relations, employee assistance, bullying

Managers' pay - the long-term story

The National Management Salary Survey is one of the largest pay surveys conducted by XpertHR through its Celre salary survey arm. The 2010 report is being launched today jointly with the Chartered Management Institute. There is more about the headline...

Published 23 Feb 2010 11:01 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: salary surveys, pay and benefits, celre, turnover, labour market, management, pay

First corporate manslaughter case goes to trial

The trial of the first company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 has begun, reports the BBC website . Read More...

Published 23 Feb 2010 10:51 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: health and safety, corporate manslaughter

Recession hits top pay hard, National Management Salary Survey reveals

The recession has had a severe impact on UK managers' pay packets , with executive pay showing its lowest rate of growth in at least a decade, according to latest pay benchmarking research from XpertHR salary surveys. Read More...

Published 23 Feb 2010 10:45 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: executive pay, salary surveys, pay and benefits, xperthr, pay awards, recession, management

Employers' use of social media in 2010: Another "dirty secret"?

Last week, I highlighted a recent blog post from recruitment and HR consultant Matt Alder, in which reveals a "dirty secret" regarding how employers utilise social recruiting . Today, in a blog post summing up his experiences of last week's...

Published 22 Feb 2010 11:10 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: social networking, social media, HR 2.0, social recruitment, TRU London, HR recruitment TRULondon

Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 06.02.10 to 19.02.10

A round up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including: compensation for a harassed female soldier; a decision on sickness during annual leave; and the resolution of a zero-hours contract dispute. Read More...

Published 22 Feb 2010 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, recruitment, termination of employment, employee rights, holiday, contracts of employment, sex discrimination, harassment, contracts, employment tribunals, sickness, dismissal, unfair dismissal, agency workers, sick leave, annual leave, sickness absence

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