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• Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 06.03.10 to 19.03.10

  A round up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including: an unsuccessful age discrimination claim by a TV journalist; the first decision on trade union blacklisting; and an award for a chip shop worker who was dismissed for... Posted Mar 19 2010, 08:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, sex discrimination, redundancy, national minimum wage, employment tribunals, dismissal, pregnancy, unfair dismissal, blacklisting, age discrimination, lay-offs

• Sickness absence: get familiar with the new fit note

  Whether you are an employer, employee or doctor, now is a good time to get familiar with the layout of the new fit note, which replaces the traditional sick note from 6 April 2010. A new entry on the statement of fitness for work [subscription required... Posted Mar 18 2010, 09:19 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, employee rights, sickness, absence management, absence, fit notes, sick note

• Single mistake (like crashing a nuclear submarine) can justify dismissal

  The recent court martial (on the Daily Telegraph website) of the commander of a British nuclear submarine who crashed his vessel into a large rock provides a useful reminder that there are occasions when a single mistake can justify dismissal. Read More... Posted Mar 16 2010, 03:02 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, disciplinary procedures, dismissal

• Draft EHRC Code of Practice: Don't Panic!

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has caused a bit of a stir with its draft Employment Statutory Code of Practice on the Equality Bill (external link), specifically in relation to discrimination on the ground of religion or belief. Read... Posted Mar 16 2010, 08:47 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, discrimination, religion, equality bill, philosophical belief, EHRC, Grainger, Nicholson, belief

• Video: sickness absence and annual leave

  There's a new outlook video first published today on the main XpertHR site , where Jo Stubbs and I discuss recent developments in the law on statutory minimum annual leave and sickness absence. Here it is. You can see all previous videos in the outlook... Posted Mar 12 2010, 09:21 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, absence, annual leave, Pereda, Stringer

• Right to request time off for study or training: is your policy in place yet?

  With less than a month to go until the introduction of the right for employees to request time off to undertake for study or training, time is running out to get your procedure in place and to communicate it to your workforce. Read More... Posted Mar 12 2010, 01:48 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, training and development, time off, training, right to request

• Asda's innovative move on agency workers

  An interesting development this week as UK employers prepare for the introduction of new agency worker regulations next year. Supermarket Asda has struck a deal with trade union Unite that will see thousands of temps working for its suppliers receive... Posted Mar 05 2010, 10:59 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, employee rights, contracts of employment, temporary workers, agency workers, employers, regulations, rights, asda

• Suspending an employee during a disciplinary investigation - new guidance on XpertHR

  It is sometimes necessary to suspend an employee while an investigation is carried out into a disciplinary matter; this might be the case where the employee is suspected of gross misconduct, or where colleagues may feel at risk if the employee remains... Posted Mar 03 2010, 03:06 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, xperthr, disciplinary procedures, suspension

• New blacklisting laws come into force

  The government has introduced new regulations to make it unlawful for trade union members to be denied employment through blacklists. The move follows public consultation (PDF) on the subject and evidence that a number of employers in the construction... Posted Mar 03 2010, 09:41 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, unions, blacklisting, employment, regulations

• Top 10 HR questions - February 2010

  A new FAQ on whether or not an employee has the right to appeal a redundancy decision, which was added to XpertHR at the beginning of the month, tops the list of February's most popular FAQs. The top 10 also includes frequently asked employer's... Posted Mar 01 2010, 09:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, redundancy, fixed-term contracts, HR questions

• "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... Posted Feb 24 2010, 09:08 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, employee relations, employee assistance, bullying

• 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... Posted Feb 22 2010, 08:00 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

• Redundancy rights for employees on adoption leave - new guidance on XpertHR

  Employees who are on adoption leave, or who are in the process of adopting a child, have specific rights in a redundancy situation, similar to those of employees who are on, or about to go on, maternity leave. Employers dealing with these circumstances... Posted Feb 18 2010, 04:27 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, xperthr, redundancy, adoption leave, adoption pay

• Flexible working - the key to enjoying life?

  According to research, flexible working is beneficial to the physical and mental health of employees. Apparently, those who can decide on their working hours may even have healthier blood pressure and heart rates. The findings, which are available on... Posted Feb 17 2010, 12:19 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, employee rights, maternity leave, flexible working, business practices

• Do you allow lawyers to internal disciplinary hearings?

  It is common knowledge that employees are legally entitled to be accompanied at disciplinary hearings by a work colleague or union official. But most organisations' disciplinary procedures do not make mention of whether or not employees have the right... Posted Feb 16 2010, 04:17 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee rights, contracts of employment, terms and conditions, grievances, disciplinary procedures, hr policy and strategy, research