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You may have aware from recent media reporting that Mencap, a learning disability charity, has agreed to pay staff who carry out sleep-in shifts the national minimum wage (NMW), despite previously claiming that that such an undertaking would take it to the brink of insolvency. Its decision follows the Judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal […]

The world of Employment law was shook once again yesterday when the news broke that Employment Tribunal fees are no longer lawful. But what does that mean? Previously, in order to bring a claim in the Employment Tribunal you had to pay fees that could tot up to as much as £1200- so you really […]

Employment Tribunal Issue fees have been controversial since they were introduced. The main complaint was that the fees prohibited access to justice for many individuals who could not afford them.  Claims have dropped by 79% in 3 years. The Supreme Court has ruled that employment tribunal fees are unlawful and the law will now have […]

How many times do you get asked that question? We know we get asked it a lot. Recently, we read that when a cleaner at NASA was asked what he did for a living his response was that he ‘put men on the moon’, we LOVED this! It is so important to know what you […]

Are you the kind of manager that finds it hard to delegate?  Is it quicker to do it yourself rather than teach someone else to do it or explain what you want?  Do you think that you are the only one that can do it? STOP! Stand back……….really?  You only have so many hours in […]

Following on from my radio debut on Radio Nottingham, I thought it would be worth giving you a heads up on lunch breaks; The Law, The Practice and The Advice! I was asked – do I take a lunch break? The answer is not always. My employer encourages breaks but my age-old excuse is that […]

It’s so easy to become consumed with an issue at work.  You can play scenarios in your head, catastrophise and wind yourself up about it.  I’ve done it myself so many times! Have you? “They are not performing” “They are lazy” “They don’t care about the business” “They are playing the system” ……Maybe they’re not. […]

HR often gets a bad rap when it comes to managers making business decisions that affect people because those managers want to implement their decisions today, right now without the “hassle” that HR is making them go through. The fact of the matter is that you employ humans, not robots and it’s a matter of […]

Are you treating a concern raised by an employee in the right way?   A whistleblower is an employee who reports a certain kind of wrong doing usually in the work place, the law does protect whistleblowers but doesn’t provide any protection for a grievance. The recent case of Chesterton Global Ltd v Nurmohamed has […]

I think we need to invest time in learning and evolving every day.  We don’t know everything about everything and we don’t know what challenges we will face today, tomorrow or the next day. In a work context, managers are often focused on the day job and “don’t have time” to get involved in HR. […]