What should employers do if they have new hires due to start work during the current crisis? Jo Faragher asks HR professionals and recruitment specialists for their advice.
XpertHR asked 400 HR practitioners how their organisations had responded to the challenges facing them as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically reshapes the economy.
Consultant editor Darren Newman discusses the changes to the statutory sick pay system brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, and suggests the current crisis may well result in a full review of the system.
We look at how shift and night working operates in the police sector and some of the initiatives aimed at reducing the potential negative impact of such working patterns.
In Shelbourne v Cancer Research UK, the High Court held that the employer was not vicariously liable for the employee's injury sustained during the staff Christmas party.
In Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that an employer was vicariously liable for a managing director's assault of an employee during a drinking session after the work Christmas party.