Top 10 HR questions May 2021: Right-to-work, Covid-19 vaccinations
Top 10 HR questions March 2021: IR35, vaccinations and SOSR
Our monthly round-up of what's worrying HR. In March HR's questions focused on IR35 reforms...
Can you afford to make staff redundant?
Faced with financial pressures, reducing headcount seems the logical next step. But redundancy carries its own direct and hidden costs, and there are alternatives …
1,500 more jobs to go at John Lewis
John Lewis Partnership has announced that it will keep eight of its 42 John Lewis stores closed when retail restrictions ease, putting 1,465 jobs at risk.
Brexit and UK employment law
Now that the UK and the EU have agreed on the position of the UK post-Brexit, HR is left wondering...
Workers’ rights may be looked at, business secretary confirms
Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the government is looking at workers’ rights now that the UK does not...
Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Bonmarché and Ponden Home deal saves 2,000 jobs
Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Bonmarché and Ponden Home have been bought out of administration, safeguarding almost 2,000 jobs.
The stricken retailers...
Bearers of bad news: what HR needs to know about insolvency
With so much economic strife on our doorstep HR leaders will have to take a deep breath and confront the difficult issue of company insolvency.
CitySprint loses third worker status case
The IWGB is calling on government to better enforce employment status laws after the union took CitySprint to tribunal three...
Furlough: updated guidance confirms TUPE and overseas citizens’ eligibility
Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 are eligible for furlough, the government has...
Furlough: HMRC clarifies TUPE rules and warns against fraud
Employees who were transferred to another organisation under TUPE after 28 February 2020 can receive 80% of their wages while...
Top 10 HR questions February 2020: Coronavirus and right-to-work checks
How to respond to the risk of the spread of coronavirus is the subject of February’s most popular FAQs.
Employers...
Six employment law cases that will shape 2020
We look at six important employment law cases that will get the headlines in 2020, covering significant issues such as...