{Editor’s Note 05/09/2019 – this article was originally published on 7th January 2017 on our Facebook company page. Several broken links referring to this article were discovered. Those have been rectified by publishing the article here as well for ease of reference by our readers.} Industrial action for later this month has been announced to […]
Once more the level of pay of senior executives is under scrutiny and proposals are being considered for influencing and containing the size of such pay packages.[1] This topic has attracted attention across the years and has been the subject of many studies including some on pay equity and equitable pay differentials. I had the […]
True Cause or Excuse The minimum wage is well known but there are still some employers, across many sectors, who choose to skate on thin ice. Those organisations fail to pay the correct amount because of: Insufficient funds; Failure to take into account all the operational hours expected of staff; Ignorance; An “I’ll chance it” […]
Unfortunately, Sports Direct hit the headlines for the wrong reasons but their underlying aims may not be so different to many organisations in the private and public sectors. Managers at Sports Direct went about it in the wrong way. Statistics from ONS indicate that employment on zero hours contracts has risen by 21% year on […]
[Text amended August 2018] Many organisations need flexibility in staffing to accommodate seasonal and other variations in workload, product launches, staff holidays and illness etc. To meet such needs, senior managers should be able to introduce a range of contracts such as variable hours, zero hours, temporary and/or fixed term contracts and/or use agency workers. […]
This article was first published in our temporary blog When the unfair dismissal legislation was introduced in 1974, the onus was on the employer to demonstrate that the reason for dismissal was fair in all the circumstances and that a fair procedure had been adopted when deciding whether or not to dismiss an individual. The […]
The uncertainty about what Brexit means in practice does cause concern to employees which is not helped by knee jerk reactions and making off the cuff pronouncements as those usually have no real substance. Many comments have appeared that we shall have to revisit our employment laws and amend those. I suggest that you read […]
As CEO or Head Teacher, do you occasionally feel frustrated by the failure of your senior managers to implement decisions effectively or their blaming of others for the ineffective outcome? Occasionally, the cause may be the incompetence of a manager. Usually, the cause is ambiguity in the decision processes within the school, company etc. That […]
[Text amended August 2018] Talking to a group of hr managers recently revealed that many were concerned that they would lose credibility if they could not answer an employment law issue raised by a senior manager. That may explain why employment law events attract the highest attendance among hr professionals. It also became clear that […]