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    • National living wage
    • Minimum wage

    National minimum wage – don’t be that employer

    by Clio Springer 23 Jun 2017
    by Clio Springer 23 Jun 2017

    Even though the national minimum wage has been with us for over 18 years, and there has been a government...

    • Adoption
    • National living wage
    • Apprenticeships

    April 2017: nine key employment law changes

    by Clio Springer 10 Apr 2017
    by Clio Springer 10 Apr 2017

    Are you up to date with all this month's employment law changes? We round the nine most important legislative...

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Employment contracts
    • Unfair dismissal

    Varying contracts of employment: what are the risks for employers?

    by Clio Springer 10 Nov 2016
    by Clio Springer 10 Nov 2016

    Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh has suggested that thousands of M&S staff could lose their jobs in the run up to...

    • Immigration
    • Migrant workers

    Illegal working: when an employee loses the right to work in the UK

    by Clio Springer 20 Sep 2016
    by Clio Springer 20 Sep 2016

    An employer that discovers that an employee no longer has the right to work in the UK, or that immigration...

    • Brexit
    • Age discrimination
    • Bullying and harassment

    Brexit: four bullying and harassment scenarios

    by Clio Springer 12 Jul 2016
    by Clio Springer 12 Jul 2016

    The result of the EU referendum has revealed divisions between different age groups and education levels, with feelings running high...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Absence
    • Discrimination

    Employers’ guide to Euro 2016: six ways to avoid an own goal

    by Clio Springer 24 May 2016
    by Clio Springer 24 May 2016

    How to make Euro 2016 work for you: the employers' guide to managing absence, avoiding discrimination and maintaining productivity during this summer's football...

    • Employment contracts
    • Employer branding
    • Pre-employment screening

    Withdrawing job offers: the risks and how to limit them

    by Clio Springer 16 May 2016
    by Clio Springer 16 May 2016

    Can you withdraw a job offer once it has been made? We look at the risks employers face if they...

    • Probationary periods

    Probationary periods at work: complying with employment law

    by Clio Springer 8 Apr 2016
    by Clio Springer 8 Apr 2016

    Employers often require new employees to complete a probationary period before they will confirm them in post. However, just because...

    • Criminal records
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults: five tips for recruitment

    by Clio Springer 2 Mar 2016
    by Clio Springer 2 Mar 2016

    Organisations that provide services for children and/or vulnerable adults can set out in a safeguarding policy how they recruit staff...

    • Dismissal
    • HR Podcasts

    What are “some other substantial reason” dismissals? (podcast)

    by Clio Springer 25 Nov 2015
    by Clio Springer 25 Nov 2015

    When can an employer rely on “some other substantial reason” (SOSR) to dismiss, for the dismissal to be fair?

    SOSR...

    • Employment contracts
    • Trade unions

    Changing contracts of employment: nine key considerations for employers

    by Clio Springer 3 Nov 2015
    by Clio Springer 3 Nov 2015

    All employers sometimes need to change contracts of employment. An employee’s working patterns might not fit in with business needs,...

    • Auto-enrolment
    • Payroll
    • Pensions

    Eight pensions basics for HR professionals

    by Clio Springer 30 Jun 2015
    by Clio Springer 30 Jun 2015

    The pensions auto-enrolment process may be well under way, but there are still a number of reforms due to take...

    • Career breaks
    • Employment contracts
    • Retention of staff

    Career breaks and sabbaticals: six points for employers to consider

    by Clio Springer 25 Jun 2015
    by Clio Springer 25 Jun 2015

    Career breaks can be a useful tool in employee retention. However, there are areas of uncertainty associated with their use,...

    • Zero hours

    Three key facts about the ban on exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts

    by Clio Springer 5 Jun 2015
    by Clio Springer 5 Jun 2015

    Zero hours contracts continue to be a newsworthy and contentious employment issue. At the end of last month, a change...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
    • Paternity

    April 2015 employment law changes: an eight-point checklist

    by Clio Springer 11 Mar 2015
    by Clio Springer 11 Mar 2015

    However changeable employment law may be, one thing you can rely on is that many of those employment law changes...

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