As you may or may not be aware, the Government is reforming workplace pension provision.

The reason for the Pension reforms is that at the rate the population of the UK is growing, the projections suggest that the number of people aged 65 and over, will almost double by the year 2055.

As you know the law changed in April in respect of disciplinary and grievances.

So where does this leave redundancies?

It’s that time of year, the festive season is just around the corner and employers around the country start to worry about the implications of having a Christmas Party for their employees.

You may recall the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations, which came into force on 2^nd December 2003.

You will all of heard of the various types of discrimination i.e. sex, race, disability, age, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation, but what of associative discrimination?  What, you may ask, is that?  Well, associative discrimination is a very real risk for employers in their dealings with employees.

Director’s duties are set out in the Companies Act 2006. A new Director should always check the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to ensure that the Director and indeed the Company itself, is acting within its powers, which are set out in that document.

On 24^th January 2008 the Advocate General delivered his opinion on the case of Stringer & Others v HM Revenue & Customs (the case previously being known as Ainsworth v HMRC).

Currently the DRA is 65 years. However, as most businesses will no doubt be aware due to recent media coverage of the 'Heyday' challenge, the DRA's days are numbered.

With more than 9,700 confirmed cases of swine flu in the UK the Government has announced changes to the way the virus is being tackled.

The Government announced this week that people with mental health problems are to get extra help with managing their condition to help them continue to work.

The Criminal Records Bureau was created in 2002. However, over time it has highlighted two obvious problems.

Employment experts are helping bosses make safer decisions when recruiting staff by providing vital checks to protect children and other vulnerable groups.

A unique absence monitoring system has been launched by a leading employment law consultancy based in Greater Manchester.

One of the most significant changes in employment law for years finally came into force on October  1^st – with many businesses yet to address the issue within their workplace...

More than two months after the smoking ban was introduced many businesses are still confused over how to implement the new Employment law...