The 2018 World Cup football tournament runs from 14th June to 15th July and will potentially cost the UK £13billion in absenteeism. With workers pulling ‘sickies’ during the tournament, the…
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IR35 introduced to stop abuse The IR35 rules first came into force with the Finance Act 2000 with the aim of preventing contractors from avoiding paying their dues by drawing…
Employment status within the gig economy has been a hot topic over the past few years. As most of our readers will be aware, at one end of the spectrum…
As HR Knowledge Manager at HR Solutions, I had the interesting task of helping Viking, suppliers of office equipment, with their recently selected real-life offences from football management. They asked me to compare…
Compared to the 3 months from October to December in 2016, the number of employment claims received in tribunals shot up by 90% in the three months to December 2017….
Recently published statistics from the Equality and Human Rights Commission revealed that many businesses’ attitudes towards maternity leave, “are decades behind the law”. The Equality and Human Rights Commision surveyed…
Our latest edition of the HR Solutions newsletter is now on our website within our newsletter archive. Inside the HR Solutions January 2018 Newsletter you can find out top…
This year we expect recruitment to continue to be a challenge, and the need to attract and retain a skilled workforce will become essential employers of all sizes. Employer brand…
German born Chief Executive of Jaguar Land Rover discussed the impact of Brexit on recruitment saying, “People who come to the UK want to have special conditions because they don’t…
Inevitably many factors associated with Britain’s exit from the European Union are impacting on the country’s workforce and employment market, and effectiveness of recruitment techniques. Planning to go The…
