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Watford Employment Tribunal has found that a care home breached the implied terms of trust and confidence when a manager, after an incident, accused a care home employee of lying…

Are you doing enough to prevent harassment in the workplace? From March 2023, employers will need to do more. Steph Wiggans, Solicitor at Napthens explains what it means to you.…

The Chancellor delivered a Spring Statement or mini budget yesterday that aims to put billions of pounds back into the pockets of hard-working people – unveiling a new Tax Plan…

From 6 April 2022, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) will be reducing the fees for DBS checks. Reductions will apply as follows: [table id=11 /] The fee for the…

The government has opened a public consultation on proposed changes to the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice, which includes guidance on the new Liberty Protection Safeguards system. It will…

New guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been developed for organisations including care providers who use or may want to consider surveillance systems to collect and process personal…

Want to help and understand how rising energy and food costs impact staff? Our QCS expert, Abi Spence, explains what you can do to support your colleagues. Last year we…

Some of the people you support may well be affected by the events unfolding in Ukraine. Our QCS specialist, Barry Price, offers some timely advice on how you can assist…