When recruiting and managing employees, employers want to know that their employees are up to the job. While asking questions about an individual’s health at the wrong time may result[…]
Asking job applicants and employees about their health: how to stay on the right side of the law
LATEST NEWS Dec 02, 2019
Abolition of the Swedish Derogation in April 2020 – what this means for business
LATEST NEWS Nov 26, 2019
As part of the Government’s Good Work Plan the Government will be abolishing the “Swedish derogation” within the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 in April 2020. This will be a[…]
Sexual harassment is unacceptable in any context, but it should never have to be tolerated in the workplace. In this article, Zoe Lagadec, employment law expert explains what employers can[…]
Employers often get caught out by thinking that just because a worker owes them money they can simply take it off the next pay package. The law on protection of[…]
Tempting though it might be to dish out the same contract of employment for new starters year after year, putting a little time into preparing your contracts could pay dividends[…]
PLEASE NOTE: This article includes several dates and hyperlinks to consultations Employment law consultations aplenty this Autumn This summer has been an unusually busy one for government announcements and consultations[…]
According to the Health & Safety Executive stress is ‘the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them’ by their job. As an[…]
Enforcing a restrictive covenant against a former employee Post-termination restrictive covenants are a common feature of employment contracts, particularly for senior personnel who could cause serious harm to your commercial[…]
We are now one year into the new, tougher data protection regime under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As Zoe Lagadec, employment law expert with Mulberry’s Employment Law Solicitors[…]
Some sectors, such as healthcare and construction, rely on a ready supply of temporary staff, and it is a rare business that does not need to use agency workers from[…]