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Effective Date of Termination
A case close to our home…. involving Lincoln County Council! When is the effective date of termination when an employee unequivocally resigns on one date, with immediate effect, and her employer subsequently informs her that her resignation is to be taken as commencing on a later date? The EAT in Horwood v Lincoln County Council [...]
April – Some important Statutory changes
Every April a host of changes are made to employment legislation. Here are the main points affecting our SME clients. 1 April: Maternity, paternity and adoption pay increased The standard rates of statutory maternity pay (SMP), paternity pay (SPP) and adoption pay (SAP) increase from £128.73 to £135.45 per week. 6 April: Statutory sick pay [...]
Introducing our new Associate – Occupational Health Service provider
Our ‘retained’ clients i.e. those who use our ‘outsourced HR’ service, can now benefit from the services of our new Associate – Occupational Health (OH) specialist Dr Chandra Mutalik. When clients unfortunately have to manage a long term sickness absence issue it nearly always results in the employee being sent for an independent Occupational Health [...]
Online recruitment v agencies
Everyone seems to be recruiting online these days but have you tried it yet? If not (or even if you have!), next time you’re recruiting why don’t you consider our Fixed Fee Recruitment Service? We can help you go through the recruitment and selection process from start to finish – helping you to find the [...]
Petrol tanker strike planned – it could affect employers
We have today ourselves found difficulty getting petrol at the pumps (queued for 20 mins and was then restricted to only £10!) and therefore had to change our plan to meet a client some distance away along the A1 motorway. Skype is a wonderful thing! and came in handy – connect with me at neil.buck111). Anyway, [...]
