From April this year, the right to make a flexible working request became a day one right for all employees. As an employer, you need to have a clear policy in place, setting out the process for making a request and explaining how a request will be dealt with by the business. 4 tips for… [Read More]

Employers can avoid employment claims from departing employees by using a settlement agreement. These agreements must follow a specific format and the employee must get legal advice before signing. Recent legal cases have examined if settlement agreements can validly settle future unknown claims—those based on facts not existing and not known at the time of… [Read More]

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has urged employers who need to make only a small number of redundancies to make sure that their consultation process doesn’t end up being a ‘tick box’ exercise. Recent indications from several recent EAT cases show that employers are expected to consult, at an early stage, about all aspects of… [Read More]

1. Set up viewing areas Consider setting up viewing areas where employees can drop in on the sporting action during the working day. Relax rules for workplace breaks so that employees can time their breaks to coincide with the timetable of the sporting events. Make it clear that you’re providing these to maintain productivity, and… [Read More]

The country has voted and in the aftermath of Labour’s landslide victory at the General Election, there are several major changes to employment law expected in the coming months… [Read More]