Free Contract of Employment Template Why Should my Employees have Written Contracts of Employment? An employer is required by law to provide an employee (who is going to be employed for at least one month) with a written statement of certain...
Welcome to Issue 2 of my Employment Law Snapshot. Thanks to everyone for their kind words about Issue 1 – I’m glad you enjoyed it. For those readers who provided some so-called ‘constructive’ feedback on the videocast, which included suggestions...
DC Employment Solicitors’ partner, Darren Tibble, was recently asked by CBT Rehabilitation (CBTRL), a mental health support provider, to write an article on one of the challenges faced by employers of workers with mental ill-health issues. The...
Employment Law Update Welcome At the time our last Employment Law Update landed in your inbox, FIFA was still the hugely respected and much loved governing body that ran the beautiful game. It’s come as a shock to everyone that there are...
Managing Grievances All employers will be faced with an unhappy or disgruntled employee at some stage. Be it as a result of a reshuffle of the layout of the office, the implementation of new rules or a strained relationship between manager and...
How to Get the Most Out of Performance Appraisals Many businesses implement formal performance appraisal procedures, to provide a mechanism, often every 6 months, to sit down with their employees and have a full and frank discussion about their...
With Mental Health Awareness Week having just come to an end, the widespread issue of mental ill-health remains ever topical, but what is your business doing to assist employees who suffer with mental ill-health? Take this opportunity to...
Employing the right staff is crucial to most businesses’ growth and ongoing success. Getting it wrong can be costly and time-consuming. However, with more and more businesses adopting a “factual reference only” policy, it can often be difficult...
Employment Law Snapshot Welcome – A Message from Darren Tibble Hello, and welcome to my first official publication with DC Employment Solicitors! Over the years, I have written many e-shots and blogged about my employment related ramblings and I...
Mental Health Awareness Week has again focussed public debate on the often stigmatised issue of mental ill-health. National awareness campaigns along with high profile individuals like Stephen Fry and Alastair Campbell, talking publicly about...
Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn and YouTube present businesses with far-reaching opportunities to expose their brand. However, social media also presents an array of risks to businesses including the risk of reputational damage, breach of...
General Election 2015 A Critical Review of the Alternative Policies Employment Law With the general election upon us, we continue our look in detail at the main national political parties in their respective manifestos. Today in the final...