The supreme court decision in pimlico plumbers v smith What was the decision? On 13 June 2018 the Supreme Court held that Mr Smith was a worker of Pimlico Plumbers, although not an employee. Various media outlets have incorrectly reported that he has been found to be an employee, which just proves how easy this area of law…
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June 9, 2018
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Moorepay at HRSS 2018!
Joining thousands of other HR professionals, this year Moorepay are looking forward to exhibiting their innovative HR services at HRSS Software and Recruitment Show 2018 at stand E42 on 13 and 14 June. Taking place at London’s prestigious Olympia exhibition centre, CIPD’s free to attend HR Software Show provides HR professionals’ easy access to the…
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May 25, 2018
Don’t Panic! 11 GDPR Myths Debunked
The General Data Protection Regulation takes effect on 25 May, with new fines of up to £17m or 4 per cent of your global turnover applying for breaches of personal data. A lot has been said about this new regulation in the media, and there have been warnings that many businesses know very little or…
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May 17, 2018
Sex Discrimination: Should a Man on Shared Parental Leave be Entitled to the Same Rate of Pay as a Woman on Maternity Leave?
In a second case coming before the Employment Tribunal to challenge the new Shared Parental Leave (SPL), a police officer has tested whether such a policy amounts to indirect discrimination against fathers when the employer has an enhanced Maternity Leave (ML) package. In essence, the case asks whether it is sex discrimination to not pay…
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May 10, 2018
Mental Health Awareness Week: Keeping your Employees Safe from Work-Related Stress
As we approach Mental Health Awareness Week (14 to 20 May 2018) employers should be well aware that stress in the workplace can contribute to mental health problems in and outside of work – and these health issues can be costly to your business as well as your people. But how many employers think of…
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May 4, 2018
New European Ruling Reinforces Existing UK Regulations for Selecting Pregnant Employees for Redundancy
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has ruled in a case where a pregnant employee was made redundant in a decision that supports the UK’s existing regulations governing such situations. Ms Guisado was a Bankia SA employee when they started a period of consultation with workers’ representatives in 2013, consulting on collective redundancy. An agreement…
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Disability Discrimination – How do you Know If, or When, an Employee Actually has a Disability?
Disability discrimination can be a tricky subject, particularly the issue of what is and is not a disability and whether or not, you, as an employer, actually know about an employee’s disability. This is a case about whether or not the employer had “constructive knowledge” of an employee’s disability. The case started back in 2008 and…
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May 2, 2018
AI is Increasingly Influencing our Lives, but can we Really Trust It?
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” These poignant words are those of Annelies Marie ‘Anne’ Frank (1929–1945). She changed the world, but sadly did not live to see the impact. Anne talked about improving the world and there’s no doubt that almost every free-thinker,…
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April 25, 2018
GDPR: HR’s Role in Preventing Cyber-Attacks and Costly Breaches
The impending introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation on 25 May means the cost of poor cyber security is about to rocket, with lost, hacked, stolen and badly-managed data liable to cost your business up to £17 million (€20 million) or 4% of global turnover in fines. These are serious figures, but many in…
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April 24, 2018
The Five Top Reasons for Outsourcing your Payroll
Payroll is one of those essential business processes that add zero additional value to your business. In fact, the only outcome you can have from running your own payroll is neutral (when people get paid what they expect) and bad – when they don’t. With all the paperwork, pressure, and risks involved if things go…
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April 23, 2018
Can I Insist My Employees Speak English?
“They have been at a great feast of languages, and stol’n the scraps.” William Shakespeare – Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act 5, Scene 1, 32-39 The English language is the most spoken in the world, utilised by the United Nations as one of their two main languages, and more widespread than any language in history, including…
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