In a revelatory report leaked from Westminster, Government ministers propose a drastic change to the employment law landscape. This gist of thereport,written by influential venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft, is that businesses must be left to manage their own affairs in a way that allows them to be efficient in a more competitive domestic and global […]

George Osborne has announced a shake-up of employment legislation with the intention being of saving British industry money and reducing the numbers of employment tribunal claims. The first of the major reformsis the proposed increase inthe qualifying period to claim unfair dismissl from one year to two years. This is likely to take effect in […]

Can an employee ‘dismiss’ himself, if he fails to respond to a letter stating that he will be regarded as having resigned unless he contacts his employer? The short answer is usually ‘no’ but then it is not always clear cut. This is something that we are sometimes asked to advise upon by employers and […]

In a week that has seen public disorder across the country, many employers will be reeling as the after-effects take hold. Manyemployers (particularly inthe retail sector)will face repairing damaged premises and employees will have faced disruption topublic transport services. Some employers may even have have to understand how to deal with employees who have been […]