Legal Issues...
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Agency Work and Contracting
How agency workers and contract workers have very similar rights to permanent members of staff but how there are important differences which you should be aware of if…...
Dealing With Discrimination at Work
how government laws are there to protect you from workplace discrimination and the grievance procedures you need to follow in order to make a claim for discrimination…...
Dealing With Unfair Dismissal
How the employment rights act exists to prevent you being dismissed from your job unless there are sufficient legal grounds to do that and correct procedures have been…...
Eligibility to Work in the UK
things you should do to ensure as best as you can that the people you employ have a legal right to live and work in the UK. Some of the documents you should ask to see…...
Employment Criminal Background Checks
How criminal background checks are sometimes necessary to protect vulnerable members of society and others from unscrupulous prospective employees. Your legal rights…...
Grievance Procedures
how companies must, by law, have some kind of grievance procedure in place and how all workers should be familiar with it....
Internships: What Are the New Rules?
The government has clarified the law on internships, in a move that will mean many employers are forced to pay their interns at least the minimum wage....
New Employee Pension Rules: What Do They Mean for Me?
New pension rules will mean that businesses of every size will be expected to offer access to an employee pension scheme - and make contributions....
Part Time Working
How the Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations were introduced to ensure that part-time workers are treated just as favourably as…...
Pre-Employment Screening Checks
How pre-employment screening is necessary for some jobs more than others, what the vetting procedures might entail and how employers have to comply with the Data…...
Working Hours, Leave and Holidays
How the working time regulations were introduced to ensure that workers were fairly treated in terms of the hours they’re asked to work and re their entitlement to…...
Your Employment Contract
What must be contained in an employment contract and how the terms of the contract cannot be changed without mutual consent between the employer and employee....