Ethics
Regulation and the gig economy: It’s not just about worker status
High-profile cases involving self-employed drivers for the likes of Uber and Deliveroo have focused heavily on employment status and rights....
Rolls-Royce bribery fine: Four steps to reducing risk in your organisation
Rolls-Royce last week agreed to pay hundreds of millions of pounds to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the US justice...
Law Commission consults on offence of misconduct in public office
Misconduct in public office, the criminal offence that has been used to prosecute journalists for paying public officials for information,...
Sports Direct scraps zero hours contracts and “six strikes” policy
Sports Direct is to offer its casual retail workers the opportunity to switch from a zero hours arrangement to a...
Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley grilled on employment practices
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley faced a host of allegations of exploitation and mismanagement of workers in front of the...
Criminal liability for allowing employees to facilitate tax evasion
Legislation will be introduced to hold firms criminally liable if they fail to stop employees who facilitate tax cheating, the...
Predictive HR analytics raise “Big Brother” ethical and legal fears
As employers become more sophisticated in their use of HR metrics, they need to ensure they are aware of the...
Six ways organisations can create an ethical culture
PROMOTED The reputation – and profits – of any organisation rests on the work ethics of its employees. Developing an ethical culture is imperative...
Bribery Act 2010: worker fairly dismissed for taking bribe despite reporting it
An employment tribunal held that an immigration officer was fairly dismissed for accepting a bribe from an offender, despite then...
VW whistleblowing: the cost of ineffective disclosure procedures
As Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal spreads to its petrol engines, Christopher Tutton outlines how companies should be examining their own...
Financial watchdogs announce new whistleblowing rules
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have published a package of new rules to make...
How employers can prepare for the Modern Slavery Act
Employers will soon be required to publish a modern slavery statement setting out how they protect against slavery in their...
Employers required to produce modern slavery statements from October 2015
Large employers will have to publish a modern slavery statement for each financial year, the Government has confirmed.
The requirement...
Five ways to make sure global HR policies succeed
As globalisation continues, many employers with a multi-jurisdictional presence are introducing global HR policies that apply across their international business....
Organisations’ public values have no link to financial success
There is no correlation between an organisation’s “publicised values” and business performance, new research has revealed. However, there is a...
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