Connecting with clients on social media has a number of attractive benefits for a business. Statistics from Twitter suggest that 24% of job seekers form negative opinions of companies that do not have a social media presence. Luddites may be shaking their heads but the statistics speak for themselves: On Saturday 4th August 2015 a […]
The trade union Unison has lost its third challenge of the legality of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunal (ET) and Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). The fees for bringing employment claims came into force on 29th July 2013. Under this fee regime, depending on which employment legislation has allegedly been breached, claimants have […]
Running any internal procedures could be very stressful for all parties involved, be it for investigation, disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence or performance management purposes. Even if the employer has solid evidence and good reason for subjecting employees to a formal procedure, employees can feel targeted and suspicious of perceived ulterior motives of the employer. A […]
We have all seen Facebook posts in our newsfeeds that would make even the most jaded of us cringe. Facebook has been around for nearly a decade and even though we have caught on to privacy settings and scrutinising pictures and post tags, there is still a lot of published material out there. If that […]
This issue was discussed in the recent case of Reed Employment v HMRC at the Court of Appeal. Reed is an employment business which employs its temporary workers. Prior to 1998, there was no available tax relief on a worker’s travel expenses to a temporary place of work and Reed paid its employed temps […]
In the case of Coles v Ministry of Defence, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) had to consider whether the right under R.13 of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 (‘AWR’) for agency workers to be informed of any relevant vacant post with the hirer extends to a requirement to offer the agency worker more favourable treatment […]
Following a review of termination payments by the Office of Tax Simplifications in 2014, which concluded that the current system is both confusing and uncertain, the government has published a consultation on this area. More often than not employers want to pay the correct amount of tax but simply can’t get to grips with the […]
Lawspeed is pleased to announce that a representative from BIS will speak at its innovative compliance seminar, to be held on the 23rd September in London. This seminar is aimed at business owners and senior managers, and will address tax, compliance, post-termination restrictions and social media issues currently affecting recruitment businesses and other sector operators. […]
Commenting on an article in Recruiter magazine on 28th July (“Recruitment bodies welcome new Small Business Czar”), Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) said “We identified ‘pay when paid’ and other related unfair payment clauses in RPO contracts as an issue that government urgently needed to address back in 2011 against […]
The government’s latest initiative to appoint a small business commissioner to help with payment terms and disputes between small businesses and their larger customers is to be welcomed, says the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC). “Any help that can be given to smaller businesses that suffer through late payment must be a good thing and […]
