Legal
Employing casual workers (HR help)
What are the key considerations for employers when hiring casual workers?
SOSR dismissal: what is some other substantial reason?
‘Some Other Substantial Reason’ is one of the potentially fair reasons to dismiss someone. What counts as ‘SOSR’ and what do employers need to be aware of if relying on this ground for dismissal? ...
What does responsible investment mean for charities?
As public benefit organisations, charities naturally have two principal investment concerns: how to optimise the value of their assets; and how to ensure their financial decisions align with their purposes. A significant question is how far ethical, moral and social factors should, or m...
What is modern slavery and how can you identify it?
For many of us living and working in the UK modern slavery will feel like a far-off, almost abstract concept; something that only happens in fast fashion sweatshops hundreds of miles away, not at organisations in our own towns and cities. ...
A duo of promotions at Cambridge law firm Stone King
The firm’s latest round of promotions have seen Anna Hyde made a Principal HR Consultant in the HR Consultancy Team while immigration lawyer Julianna Barker has been promoted to Associate. ...
Legal implications of working two jobs
What are the considerations for employers when employees are working two jobs?
Can an employer withhold pay?
Employers are only permitted to deduct or withhold pay in certain circumstances.
Recruiting social care workers from overseas
What do UK care providers have to do to be able to recruit care workers from overseas? ...
Last in first out (fair redundancy?)
Can employers make workers redundant on a 'last- in, first-out' basis?
More on extending a probation period
Best practice guidance for employers when extending a probation period.