Registered charity no. 1049751 Clients, their families and, for care homes, their residents often benefit from The Christie, a cancer treatment centre in Manchester. But as a boy, cycling past “The Holt Radium Institute” near my home always had a sinister feeling. Nonetheless last year when I took my Mother to its successor, The Christie, »
Should all employment decisions be reverted to Employment Tribunals first?
| 19-04-11
It used to be said that Employment Tribunals are not to place themselves in the position of the employer. It is not for them to decide whether they would have arrived at the employer’s decision themselves. Rather their task was to decide if the employer’s decision (in the context of dismissal) lay “within a band »
Royal Wedding Public Holiday 29th April FAQs
| 12-04-11
Do my employees get an extra day’s paid holiday? It depends! Only your contracts of employment can answer the question. If your employees get 5.6 weeks (28 days) including Public Holidays then, no, the Royal Wedding is a Public holiday and therefore is not an extra day. You might nevertheless want to consider “goodwill” and »
Employee Handbook updates April 2011
| 07-04-11
This outlines the current legislative changes that could affect your Employee Handbook. If there are any points of concern that you might have, for example about changes that you may have heard about in the press please get in touch with us. A lot of press coverage is more alarmist than it needs to be, »