Human Resources

Employers will regularly come across employees with medical conditions which result in those employees being signed off as unfit for work. It is important for employers to be aware of…

If you have a new member of staff starting in your team this Monday morning, this is an exciting opportunity to expand the diversity of your team skills and add value…

In the case of Kelly v Covance Laboratories Limited, the employment appeal tribunal held that an instruction to an employee not to speak their native language at work was not…

In Barbulescu v Romania the European Court of Human Rights decided an important case on privacy of personal communications at work. Contrary to recent media coverage, this case does not allow free rein for…

If you see your job descriptions as being stand-alone aspects of personnel management you may be missing a trick. In a truly quality based management system every part of the…

Bribery is the act of giving or receiving something of value to influence a transaction. The Bribery Act 2010 consolidated the law on bribery into a single piece of legislation,…

Zero hours contracts have been the subject of much debate in the media recently, particularly in relation to the way in which workers do not know, from one week to…

Earlier in December we wrote a blog (https://www.qcs.co.uk/adverse-weather-faqs/) giving guidance to employers on some of the HR issues which can arise from adverse weather conditions following some severe floods earlier…