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Shared Parental Leave and Enhanced Maternity Pay
June 21, 2017
Shared Parental Leave (“SPL”) has been around since 2015 but uptake on it has been minimal. As a result, when employers are required to deal with an application for SPL…
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Social Media in the Workplace
May 19, 2017
Social media use has been on a rapid incline in recent years. In March 2017 there were over 1.94 billion active users on Facebook, and that is only one form…
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Parental Leave – What is it and what is it not?
April 27, 2017
March saw the publication of the new Parental Leave Policy and Procedure for QCS members. There is generally a lot of confusion around the types of family leave which are…
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Creating Fair Workplaces
February 22, 2017
This month saw the update of the Equality and Diversity Policy and Procedure for all clients of QCS. A lot of employers are aware of the need to ensure fairness…
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What do Care Providers Need to Know About LPAs?
September 9, 2016
In many ways, you’ll be relieved to know, the answer’s pretty easy. You need to know what Lasting Powers of Attorny (LPAs) are designed to do; what powers are given…
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Stress at Work – Reasonable Measures and Big Dividends
August 22, 2016
I wrote an article a week or so back about the importance of induction and preparatory training (the Welsh Social Care Induction Framework or SCIF) in equipping support workers for…
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Does the ban on exclusivity clauses affect the enforceability of restrictive covenants?
July 25, 2016
Casual Workers The term casual worker is usually used to describe a worker who is engaged in a flexible, ad hoc way. They are normally used in circumstances where there…
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The ACAS Code and Some Other Substantial Reason (“SOSR”) Dismissals
July 8, 2016
Hot on the heels of the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s (EAT) decision in Holmes v QinetiQ Ltd which confirmed that the ACAS Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures does…
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