Government consults on flexible working The Government is exploring ways to make dealing with flexible working requests easier for businesses, as part of a consultation...

Unreasonable delay in procedures means automatically unfair dismissal In Yorkshire Housing Ltd v Swanson (UKEAT/0057/07), the EAT has confirmed that an unreasonable delay of five...

Mediation, a practice still underutilised in workplace conflict resolution Employers are failing to embrace mediation to help resolve conflict in the workplace despite the role...

Draft Apprenticeships Bill published The Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills has published a draft Apprenticeships Bill. The Bill includes the power to prescribe model...

New code of practice on whistleblowing issued Public Concern at Work, the independent authority on public interest whistleblowing, has produced a new code of practice,...

Average cost of absence has increased to £666 per employee per year The CIPD have published their 2008 Absence Management survey. The report, based on...

Employer liability insurance certificates: rules to change As of 1 October 2008, the rules requiring an employer to display an employers’ liability insurance certificate will...