Human Resources

At first they seem an irritation. You’ve made the difficult decision to discipline or dismiss an employee and now you have to hear an appeal. It is as if the…

In a recent Seminar Mark Wright, of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) informed the audience  that the Commission is seeking to influence government on language. The EHRC would…

In order to demonstrate compliance with the performance standard of CQC, NHS funded providers should be able to show that they comply with the’ NHS Employment Checks Standards’. Check the…

I’ve often heard this from employees in disciplinary processes, as an obstacle to carrying out a legitimate request or as a defence for not doing so. Unsurprisingly it can bring…

Investigations by HMRC have revealed that some 2,400 care workers have been underpaid in relation to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and subsequent fines on employers have totalled over £110,000.…

We all want a living wage and many of us aspire to more. Yet an increasing amount of employment is at National Minimum Wage (NMW) levels. Furthermore, the fact that…

Vanessa James, writing in People Management, examines a hardening of attitudes by small employers towards maternity rights. She highlights some of the dilemmas that such employers face over maternity leave…

It is a question I first saw examined in a paperback on “industrial psychology” that I read as a management student. A memorable aspect of the book was the analysis…