UK employment law makes provision for a wide variety of types of leave from work. Some of the more common are annual leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, and time off for medical or dental appointments.
The relationship between sickness and holiday is a tricky one, following two recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) decisions (Stringer...
HR news and analysis including: the latest advice on whether holiday leave can be carried over to the following year...
Employees would rather receive a free iPod or digital camera than be ‘fast-tracked’ for promotion by their boss, according to...
More than half of UK workers have taken some form of action to help their employers survive the recession, according...
Motivation schemes can seem extravagant when other HR resources are stretched by the recession, so how should they be adjusted...
Paid maternity leave could increase to 20 weeks for women in the UK if radical new plans, agreed by the...
Job losses continue to dominate the headlines as businesses scrabble to save money. But there are plenty of alternatives to...
How long does someone have to work for you before they qualify for statutory maternity pay? What is the national...
EXCLUSIVE Changes to maternity law introduced earlier this month could see employers lumbered with huge costs in forking out for...
In 2007, the Equal Opportunities Commission secured a landmark High Court ruling that UK law on pay and benefits during...
Louisa Peacock presents the latest human resources news.This week we bring you a taste of what’s making the headlines in HR, including...
Mike Berry hosts this week’s programme which includes:
News from the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth
The Commision for Racial...
Personnel Today online editor Rob Moss interviews Jo Stubbs, managing editor of XpertHR, on the introduction on Monday, 1 October...
Employers have welcomed government plans to come up with a simple system of transferring maternity leave to fathers. Last week,...
Lewisham Primary Care Trust has hit back at claims by the GMB union of a possible shortfall in nursing cover...
