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April 2013 case law highlights: what employers need to do

Important decisions from the courts and tribunals this month covered collective consultation in a redundancy or TUPE situation, and disability. Below we highlight three important lessons for employers who are dealing with these matters. Remember to provide...

Published 25 Apr 2013 3:17 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee relations, tupe, disability discrimination, agency workers, reasonable adjustments, consultation, collective redundancy

Rutgers Scandal Shows Employers Must Not Drop the Ball (Part 2): Whistleblowing

The recent firing of Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice , but only after a video surfaced of him physically hitting players and hurling repeated homophobic epithets at them, is a virtual primer of what NOT to do from a US employment law perspective...

Published 17 Apr 2013 1:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee relations, usa, workplace culture, employee communications, retaliation, employer liability

March 2013 case law highlights: what employers need to do

The appellate courts have been busy in March 2013 and below we highlight three important lessons for employers dealing with warnings, disabled staff and employees' comments on Facebook. Check the context and wording of warnings before deciding to...

Published 28 Mar 2013 9:49 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, contracts of employment, disciplinary procedures, disability, dismissal, social networking, breach of contract, obesity, written warnings

Podcast catch up: employees "joking" about threats to the workplace on social media

Have you ever got home after a hard day in the office and vented about your day on Facebook? Were you lulled into a false sense that your words would have no consequences as you tapped away on your laptop in the comfort of your living room? Did you say...

Published 26 Mar 2013 2:20 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights

Employment law reform progress report: the Government's confused rationale for changing employment law

Hidden away in the Government's progress report on employment law reform, which sets out a useful (if terrifying) timetable for employment law changes over the next two years is a worrying passage that suggests that the Government is confused about...

Published 19 Mar 2013 7:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, unfair dismissal, employment tribunal, employment law, employment law reform

Employers Must Respond To Make Sure Women Keep Pace in the Workplace

As we celebrate Women's History Month in March, we recognize that 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Betty Friedan's life changing book The Feminine Mystique which ignited the women's liberation movement and caused immense social and political...

Published 7 Mar 2013 11:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, recruitment, termination of employment, employee rights, terms and conditions, sex discrimination, equal pay, employee relations, usa, training and development, absence management, part-time workers, FMLA, telecommuting, family responsiblity discrimination

Words from the @HRTerminator

I'll be appearing on everyone's favorite HR talk show this afternoon, @DriveThruHR with Bryan Wempen ( @bryanwempen ) and William Tincup ( @williamtincup ). Tune in at 1:00 p.m. Eastern (U.S.) time and listen to our discussion on all things termination...

Published 20 Feb 2013 4:17 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, hr policy and strategy, performance management, data protection, HR 2.0, HR strategy, bryanwempen, drivethruhr, hr trends, williamtincup

Presidential Performance Appraisals (3): Millard Fillmore

In honor of President's Day, I thought it'd be fun to take the Performance Appraisal process to the West Wing. Each day this week, I will be discussing the art of communicating performance reviews while applying the theme of my favorite February...

Published 13 Feb 2013 12:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee relations, training and development

What are the risks of sending employees political 'Trick or Treat' emails?

It's that time of year again. The leaves are changing. There's a chill in the air. And Americans are asking the age-old question, trick or treat? Personally, I've never quite understood the choice: I'll take the treat any day. Well, OK...

Published 19 Oct 2012 5:18 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: pay and benefits, recruitment, termination of employment, employee rights, terms and conditions, employee relations, training and development, economics, employment rights, corporate communications, corporate culture, corporate reputation

Free webinar on performance dismissals: Myths busted in 60 minutes - this Wednesday!

"It can take a year to dismiss someone who is underperforming"..."You can only dismiss if you can prove complete incompetence"..."The whole system is weighted in favour of the employee"... ...are just some of the employment...

Published 16 Oct 2012 1:12 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, dismissal, performance management, underperformance

Give us your feedback on XpertHR International country guides

One of the services that XpertHR provides is XpertHR International , which is a valuable HR tool for anyone responsible for looking after staff based outside the UK or whose organisation has interests in other countries. XpertHR International provides...

Published 9 Oct 2012 11:44 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: equal opportunities, recruitment, termination of employment, health and safety, xperthr, international, industrial relations, contracts, benefits, training, selection, employment rights, pay, development

Avoid an employment tribunal with our free performance dismissals webinar

Have you ever avoided addressing an employee's poor performance, worried that performance management is a difficult task that risks an employment tribunal claim? In Personnel Today's free 60-minute performance dismissals webinar on 17 October...

Published 3 Oct 2012 2:45 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, employee rights, unfair dismissal, capability, underperformance

Downsizing envoy: An apt term for HR in 2012?

A year ago, we asked whether the work of the HR profession ultimately boil down to what leading UK HR blogger Neil Morrison dubbed (via an episode of Holby City) "hoop creation." Hoop creation might be roughly defined as the creation of hoops...

Published 25 Sep 2012 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, redundancy, HR, hoop creation, hoop creators, downsizing envoy

Compensated No-Fault Dismissals: Osborne calls for evidence

Chancellor George Osborne has launched a call for evidence on Compensated No-Fault Dismissals for "for our smallest businesses." Back in November 2011, pages from a leaked Government report - written by venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft and...

Published 7 Mar 2012 6:45 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: termination of employment, unfair dismissal, george osborne, eef, adrian beecroft, Compensated No Fault Dismissal, budget 2012

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