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2010 News Articles
6 Sep 2010 - Pre-Employment Checks - Enhancing your recruitment decisions
12 Aug 2010 - The Equality Act 2010
12 Aug 2010 - Whistleblowing
12 Aug 2010 - Drunken Pedestrian Sues Lorry Driver
12 Aug 2010 - Changing the Formula of a Performance Bonus
11 Aug 2010 - What are Method Statements?
11 Aug 2010 - Temperature in the Workplace
12 Jul 2010 - Violence at Work
12 Jul 2010 - Christmas Holidays
12 Jul 2010 - Annual Leave
12 Jul 2010 - Bonuses to Former Employees
12 Jul 2010 - National Minumum Wage Rages
12 Jul 2010 - Pension Changes
23 June 2010
Coalition Agreement and Employment
23 June 2010
Customer Pressure to Dismiss
23 June 2010
Fake 'Fit Notes'
23 June 2010
World Cup Penalties
23 June 2010
Time Off for Training - New Rights
21 May 2010
What's in a Name?
21 May 2010
The New Government and Employment Law
21 May 2010
Social Networking and Work
21 May 2010
Contracts of Employment - Reserving the Right to Amend
21 May 2010
Apprenticeships - Are they right for your business?
10 May 2010
First Aid Knowledge/Skills?
20 April 2010
Volcanic Ash
15 April 2010
Running a Small Construction Site?
14 April 2010
The Secret of Implementing Change
14 April 2010
Down to Zero
14 April 2010
Payment in Lieu
22 March 2010
Sick Note to Fit Note
18 March 2010
Road Accidents Can Drive Your Business Down
18 March 2010
Champions of Gossiping - Men or Women?
18 March 2010
World Cup Worries
18 March 2010
Managing Creative Employees
18 March 2010
Preventing Violence Against Staff
18 March 2010
Vicarious Liability
5 March 2010
Lone Working Safely
22 February 2010
Twittering for Job Applicants
22 February 2010
National Sickie Day
22 February 2010
Are You Feeling Lucky?
16 February 2010
Time Off for Study or Training - Right or Wrong?
16 February 2010
Paternity Leave to be Extended
3rd February 2010
Safer Driving for Work
13 January 2010
Noise in the Workplace
13 January 2010
'Climate Change' Employee Wins Appeal
13 January 2010
Is Psychological Contract Under Strain?
13 January 2010
Employment Legislation for the New Year
13 January 2010
Drove My Chevy to the Levy - The costs of workplace parking
7 January 2010
Snow - Employee Absence
2009 News Articles
21/12/09 - Thinking on Your Feet
21/12/09 - The Female Species is More Deadly than the Male
18/12/09 - Talking Turkey
17/12/09 - Making Your Life Simpler (Honest)
17/12/09 - When the Met Office Predict Snow
14/12/09 - Corporate Manslaughter
12/11/09 - Can Sideways be the New Forward?
12/11/09 - Using Agency Workers
12/11/09 - Hiring Temporary Staff
12/11/09 - Would an Apprentice Benefit my Business?
12/11/09 - Gas Appliance Installation
05/10/09 - Manual Handling
02/10/09 - Blowing the Whistle
01/10/09 - Employing Illegal Workers
01/10/09 - Upper Limb Disorders
01/10/09 - Under the Weather on Holiday
14/09/09 - Employing Illegal Workers - The Cheaper Option?
14/09/09 - Increasing Employee Benefits
14/09/09 - Age Discrimination - Young and Old Alike!
14/09/09 - Forthcoming Legislation
19/08/09 - Failing to Prepare is to Prepare to Fail
19/08/09 - Right Person - Wrong Role
03/08/09 - Keeping Up to Date
03/08/09 - Swine Flu (An Employer's Guide)
03/08/09 - Consulting on Health and Safety with Employees
03/08/09 - Young People at Work
14/07/09 - School Holidays and Worksite Safety
13/07/09 - The Qdos House of HR Development
13/07/09 - Reducing Staff Costs
13/07/09 - Are You Listening?
13/07/09 - Managing Sickness Absence
13/07/09 - Varying the Contract of Employment
13/07/09 - HSE Warns
13/07/09 - Lift Truck Operator Training
09/06/09 - Recession - A Recruiter's Dream?
09/06/09 - Company and Director Charged in First Corporate Killing Case
09/06/09 - Preparing for Growth
09/06/09 - Redundancy is Not the Only Option!
22/04/09 - Spare a thought for the boss!
22/04/09 - Code Breaking
21/04/09 - Accident Reporting
24/03/09 - Legislation Latest
24/03/09 - Heyday Decision
23/03/09 - Management of Stress and Mental Ill Health at Work
23/03/09 - Understanding Your Legal Expenses Insurance
27/02/09 - The Long Term Sick Dilemma
27/02/09 - Death by Many Cuts
27/02/09 - Practical Case Law - Importance of the Disciplinary Letter
27/02/09 - What Now With POVA?
27/02/09 - Mental Health in the Workplace
27/02/09 - Preventing Slips and Trips
27/02/09 - Trip Risk Warning Ignored!
19/01/09 - Noise Management in Music and Entertainment
15/01/09 - Discipline and Outcome
15/01/09 - Remembering the Ones We Left Behind
15/01/09 - It's Not What You Are, It's What You Are Called!
13/01/09 - Driving HR through the Credit Crunch
13/01/09 - Social Responsibilities during an Economic Downturn
13/01/09 - HR and Employment Law Trends for 2009
17/12/08 - A Christmas Story
04/12/08 - Tips for Change
04/12/08 - Some Working Time Thoughts
04/12/08 - Value of an HR Audit
04/12/08 - Queen's Speech Outlines More Employment Change
04/12/08 - Compensation Award Increases
04/12/08 - Revisiting Stress
01/12/08 - Safety Alert - Gas Boilers - Flues in Voids
01/12/08 - Fire Safety - 'Do You Have Paying Guests?'
04/11/08 - Shift Work and Fatigue
04/11/08 - Sleeping on Duty - Calculating Working Time
04/11/08 - End of Year Problem - Holidays for Sale
04/11/08 - Festive Time Reminder
04/11/08 - How's Your Carbon Footprint Reduction Doing?
04/11/08 - Avoiding Redundancy - But when it comes, deal with it properly
04/11/08 - Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?
04/11/08 - That's News to Me - Inaccurate Information on a Transfer
09/10/08 - It's Murder this Redundancy
07/10/08 - Time Off for Public Duties
07/10/08 - Time Off for Dependants
06/10/08 - First Aid at Work
02/10/08 - Avoiding Retirement
02/10/08 - Employment and Mental Health
12/09/08 - Driving for Work
02/09/08 - National Minimum Wage and Volunteers
02/09/08 - Sickness Benefit Changes
02/09/08 - Changes to Maternity and Adoption Leave Rights
02/09/08 - Reminder of Driving Laws
02/09/08 - Change to National Minimum Wage
02/09/08 - Flexible Working
01/08/08 - Guidance for Lift Owners
01/08/08 - Disability - Ability and Work
01/08/08 - Government Support to Vulnerable Workers
01/08/08 - New Implications for Disability Discrimination
01/08/08 - Avoiding an Uplift
01/08/08 - Don't Be Part of the Increase
01/08/08 - Legislation by the Back Door?
02/07/08 - Slips, Trips and Falls
02/07/08 - Equality Proposals - An Alternative View
01/07/08 - It's a Green World - Encouraging the Healthy Office
01/07/08 - Dealing with the After Effects of Redundancy
01/07/08 - Recruitment and Launch of the National Staff Dismissal Register
11/06/08 - Electricity at Work
11/06/08 - The Independent Safeguarding Authority - Consultation Response
02/06/08 - HR & Encouraging Healthy Lifestyles
02/06/08 - Helping Reduce the Carbon Footprint and Cut Business Costs
02/06/08 - Assessing the Revised ACAS Code in Relation to Discipline
02/06/08 - Agency Angst
02/06/08 - Religion and Genuine Occupational Requirement
02/06/08 - Occupational Health Boost for Businesses
02/06/08 - Promoting Physical Activity in the Workplace
01/05/08 - Lifting and Handling Aids
01/05/08 - Call Centre Work and Display Screen Equipment (DSE) or Visual Display Units (VDU) or Computer Screens
01/05/08 - More Costs for Small Employers
01/05/08 - Improving the Benefit
01/05/08 - Keeping Tabs - Monitoring Employees
01/05/08 - Remember the Business Reasons
01/05/08 - HR in a Cold Climate
25/04/08 - Corporate Manslaughter Provisions
01/04/08 - April Rises
01/04/08 - Performance - The Risk of Youth
01/04/08 - Apprentices and the Law
01/04/08 - Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act 2007 - Further Information
01/04/08 - Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act 2007
10/03/08 - Working Flexibly
10/03/08 - Promotion and Responsibility
10/03/08 - Are You Well? If so, why aren't you at work?
01/02/08 - Workshop Workout
01/02/08 - Opinion - The Role of HR
01/02/08 - To Translate or Not
08/01/08 - Employment Rights Increases
08/01/08 - Employment Bill
08/01/08 - Taking Care
08/01/08 - Data Changes Afoot
01/12/07 - In the News - Dec 07
01/12/07 - New Legislation Proposals
01/12/07 - Now what shall we panic about?
01/12/07 - Dec Case Review
06/11/07 - In the News - Nov 07
01/11/07 - Positive Recruitment
01/11/07 - H&S Newsletter - Nov 07
01/11/07 - Dealing with Deceit
01/11/07 - Festive Fun Time
01/11/07 - Revising Procedures
01/11/07 - Retirement
01/11/07 - The Importance of Time
01/10/07 - National Minimum Wage Changes
01/10/07 - The Equal Pay Debate
01/10/07 - The Danger of Computer Adiction
01/10/07 - Car Space Benefit
01/10/07 - Is it an Appraisal or a Performance Review?
01/10/07 - In the News - Oct 07
01/09/07 - In the News - Sep 07
01/09/07 - The Value of an Exit Interview
01/09/07 - Why Pay a Bonus?
01/09/07 - The Right to Search
01/09/07 - What's in a Bank Holiday?
01/08/07 - In the News - August
01/08/07 - H&S News Letter - Aug 07
01/08/07 - Encouraging Young People
01/08/07 - In a Simple World
01/07/07 - H&S News - July 07
01/07/07 - In the News - July 07
01/07/07 - Working with Public Bodies
01/07/07 - Preventing Illegal Working
01/06/07 - H&S News - June 07
01/06/07 - The Final Countdown
01/06/07 - In the News - June
01/06/07 - Health & Safety Newsletter June 07
01/05/07 - Are you ready for the ban?
01/05/07 - Be Prepared for Summer
01/05/07 - In the News - May
01/04/07 - Care in the 21st Century
01/04/07 - In the News - April
01/03/07 - Extending Flexible Working
01/03/07 - In the News
01/03/07 - H & S Newsletter
01/02/07 - HSE Non-Injury Case Prosecution
01/02/07 - Increasing Holiday Entitlement
01/02/07 - News Update - February 2007
01/01/07 - Welcome to 2007
01/01/07 - Smoking Revisited
01/01/07 - Employing Workers from the new EU States
01/01/07 - Paying Notice in Periods of Sickness
01/12/06 - News Round
01/12/06 - Drive Time
01/12/06 - Legislation Workshop - Dec 06
01/12/06 - Compromised Service
01/12/06 - Appreciative Appraisals
01/11/06 - Harasment and Bullying
01/11/06 - It's Festive Time
01/11/06 - Scottish Perspective
01/11/06 - Maternity and Parental Leave
01/10/06 - Age Discrimination
01/10/06 - October Update
01/10/06 - Preview of 2007
01/10/06 - Religion and Discrimination
01/10/06 - Working Offshore
01/10/06 - Eliminating the Risk of Tribunals
01/10/06 - Licensing Authority
