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Competitive interviews and reasonable adjustments

Competitive interviews and reasonable adjustments

Case Digests - Disability discrimination Wednesday, 10 July 2013
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An employer did not breach its duty to make reasonable adjustments when it required a disabled employee to undergo a competitive interview.
Wade v Sheffield Hallam University
 
 
Settlement agreements in force from 29 July

Settlement agreements in force from 29 July

HR News Monday, 08 July 2013
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The statutory provisions on settlement agreements will come into force on 29 July 2013, the same day as the new system of tribunal fees.
 
 
Trust – a critical business issue

Trust – a critical business issue

Survey Watch Thursday, 04 July 2013
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Research has revealed not just the importance of the sense of trust between businesses and their employees in creating a high-performance work culture, but also what drives this trust and how it can be practically applied. Trust: The Key to Building Well-being and Performance in the Workplace from Working Families identifies the eight drivers of trust and the effects of key external factors on individual well-being and motivation – and advises employers to leverage these drivers to build sustainable high performance.
 
 
Reservists and employers White Paper

Reservists and employers White Paper

HR News Wednesday, 03 July 2013
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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has responded to its 2012 consultation on the impact of doubling the size of the Territorial Army (now to be called Army Reserves) in a White Paper called Reserves in the Future Forces 2020, section 4 of which deals with the impact on employers. 
 
 
Deregulation: discrimination, health and safety and apprenticeships

Deregulation: discrimination, health and safety and apprenticeships

HR News Wednesday, 03 July 2013
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A draft Deregulation Bill will take forward reforms to discrimination and health and safety law and create a new regime for apprenticeships.
 
 
Collective redundancy consultation: all change

Collective redundancy consultation: all change

Case Digests - Redundancy Tuesday, 02 July 2013
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Employers making 20 or more redundancies across multiple sites need to be aware that the scope of their consultation obligations has increased significantly following an EAT decision which effectively changes the relevant law.
USDAW v Unite the Union
 
 
Redundancy on return from parental leave

Redundancy on return from parental leave

Case Digests - Redundancy Tuesday, 02 July 2013
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The assessment of a worker on parental leave must be no less favourable than for other workers in redundancy. It’s a breach of EU law to assess, in his or her absence, a worker who has taken parental leave according to principles or criteria less favourable than for other workers.
Riežniece v Zemkopības Ministrija
 
 
HR tasks on corporate sales and purchases

HR tasks on corporate sales and purchases

How to/Checklists Monday, 01 July 2013
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Overview


  • Maria Hoeritzauer from Crossland Employment Solicitors looks at the key issues and practical considerations for HR teams in respect of a pending sale or purchase of their employers’ shares or assets.
  • She sets out the key transactional steps, how they impact upon your HR role and the key practical tasks you will need to complete.
 
 
Claimants and comparators employed at different establishments were ‘in the same employment’

Claimants and comparators employed at different establishments were ‘in the same employment’

Case Digests - Equal pay Friday, 28 June 2013
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Where an equal pay claimant seeks to rely on a comparator employed at a different establishment, the law doesn’t require there to be a ‘real possibility’ of the comparator doing the same, or broadly similar job at the claimant's place of work. 
North v Dumfries and Galloway Council
 
 
Pay data: June 2013

Pay data: June 2013

Survey Watch Thursday, 27 June 2013
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Five pay research organisations have published data on average pay settlements for the three/four-month period ending May 2013 and there has been little movement in average deals with stability still the name of the game.
 
 
Fit note fit for purpose?

Fit note fit for purpose?

Survey Watch Thursday, 27 June 2013
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Opinion seems divided, even three years after its introduction, on whether the fit note is effectively tackling the estimated £15 billion sickness absence bill for UK plc.
 
 
Investigation into theft allegation was insufficiently thorough

Investigation into theft allegation was insufficiently thorough

Case Digests - Unfair dismissal Thursday, 27 June 2013
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An employer’s investigation into alleged theft by an employee was insufficiently thorough given that it was an allegation of criminal behaviour.
Miller v William Hill Organisation Ltd
 
 


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Monday, 02 December 2013

Five common meeting mistakes

The list of mistakes made when organising and running team meetings or events is long. I should know; I’ve made most of them over the years. The five I’ve selected here are those that, as a facilitator, I most often have to manage. Avoid them and I guarantee you a better outcome. 
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