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March 2013 case law highlights: what employers need to do

The appellate courts have been busy in March 2013 and below we highlight three important lessons for employers dealing with warnings, disabled staff and employees’ comments on Facebook.

Check the context and wording of warnings before deciding to dismiss
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Seizing the Salt, Sparing the Shaker: A User’s Guide to Data Protection

 
 
Are you wondering if you should do more to protect your trade secrets and confidential information?
Even if you don’t think the answer is ‘yes’ for your organization, it probably should be.
According to a recent survey conducted… continue

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Top 10 HR questions – February 2012

Questions on how employers can change employees’ contractual terms and conditions feature in the top ten XpertHR FAQs for February 2012.
Employers also found answers to questions on how to carry out a fair redundancy procedure, what to do if… continue

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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee holiday

There will be an additional bank holiday in 2012 to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The traditional bank holiday at the end of May will be moved to Monday 4 June 2012 and there will be an additional Jubilee bank… continue

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XpertHR conference: Agency Workers Regulations 2010

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93) are due to come into force in just four months – on 1 October 2011. The Regulations are a significant piece of legislation and employers should be preparing for their introduction now to… continue

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Policies and documents: the 10 most popular additions in 2010

Over 150 new model policies and documents have been added to XpertHR in 2010. But what have been the most popular? The XpertHR employment intelligence blog provides a round-up.… continue

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Employment tribunal decisions making the headlines: 12.06.10 to 25.06.10

A round-up of links to news items on recent employment tribunal rulings, including: a shop steward who was unfairly dismissed for swearing at work; a policewoman who has been award £273,000 for sex discrimination; and an academic employed for nine… continue

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Protecting confidential information

Savile Row tailors, Ede & Ravenscroft, have filed a writ against a former employee for allegedly wrongly obtaining confidential client information from the firm’s database before leaving to start a rival firm, according to a report in the Sunday Times… continue

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Top 10 line manager briefings

What issues do line managers deal with on a daily basis? We’ve gathered data to come up with our 10 most popular line manager briefings since January 2009 (which might go some way to providing the answer).… continue

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Asda’s innovative move on agency workers

An interesting development this week as UK employers prepare for the introduction of new agency worker regulations next year.
Supermarket Asda has struck a deal with trade union Unite that will see thousands of temps working for its suppliers receive… continue

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