Legal Updates

Read More

Latest ONS report shows significant increase in people immigrating to the UK

8 December 2014

8 December 2014

BIS names and shames more employers who failed to pay workers the National Minimum Wage

BIS have named a further 25 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage under the scheme introduced in October 2013....

8 December 2014

Acas publishes free letter templates and a sample Shared Parental Leave policy

New regulations regarding Shared Parental Leave (SPL) came into force on 1 December 2014, which apply to couples with babies due or children matched or...

8 December 2014

Unite will not appeal inclusion of non-guaranteed overtime in holiday pay ruling

Workplace Savings and Benefits are reporting that the Unite union will not be appealing the EAT ruling in Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton and others...

8 December 2014

Blameworthiness for misconduct not always clear-cut where the employee is mentally ill

In Burdett v Aviva Employment Services Ltd an employment tribunal decided that Burdett,who suffers from a paranoid schizophrenic illness,was fairly dismissed for gross misconduct because...

1 December 2014

ICO successfully prosecutes pharmacist who unlawfully spied on family and colleagues’ medical records

Harkanwarjit Dhanju, a pharmacist who worked for a Primary Care Trust has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under S.55 of the Data...

1 December 2014

Acas Age Audit tool designed to provide framework for workforce strategy

In its November Workplace Snippets series, Acas highlight that over 20 million Britons will be over 65 within 30 years and therefore employers would be...

Read More

ONS figures show gender pay gap has narrowed to 9.4%

1 December 2014

1 December 2014

Guide to Data Protection updated

As part of the recent changes to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website, the ICO has updated its Guide to Data Protection....

1 December 2014

LinkedIn sued by candidates over lost job opportunities

LinkedIn is facing a class action lawsuit in California over its premium “reference search” function that allows employers to identify and approach applicants’ former colleagues....

1 December 2014

"doolally" and "cuckoo’s nest" comments in return-to-work interview were disability harassment

In Gardner v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police and another, after a 6 week absence due to stress, PC Gardner participated in a return-to-work...

Read More

Acas’ Early Conciliation service has dealt with over 37,000 cases

1 December 2014

Newsletter

Receive the latest HR news and strategic content

Please note, as per the GDPR Legislation, we need to ensure you are ‘Opted In’ to receive updates from ‘theHRDIRECTOR’. We will NEVER sell, rent, share or give away your data to third parties. We only use it to send information about our products and updates within the HR space To see our Privacy Policy – click here

Read the latest digital issue of theHRDIRECTOR for FREE

Read the latest digital issue of theHRDIRECTOR for FREE