Employment Issues

When you go for an interview with a new company it’s all too easy to assume that the person interviewing you somehow knows more than you do. They...

You may be surprised to know that the answer to the question ‘Can illness on holiday be claimed as sick leave’ is actually ‘yes’. Whether or not...

When it comes to taking a stand over your rights as a worker or employee then the first step is to know exactly what those rights are which can be a...

Companies who have invested in workforce development will have procedures to allow great ideas from the floor to come through, but research the idea...

Once negotiations between workers and employees have broken down workers often take industrial action in order to force employers to back down. This...

A worker’s right to privacy is not covered by any specific law or regulation in the United Kingdom but there are many that touch on it the Data...

Although there is no actual legal right to compassionate leave, the majority of responsible employers are keen to be fair in this area....

Attending a funeral is difficult enough without having to worry about keeping your boss happy. Invariably, needing to attend a funeral will...

Taking industrial action on your own is a very brave thing to do and although there's nothing in law to say that your rights are any different to a...

The minimum wage in the United Kingdom was introduced after the election of the Labour government in 1997 and came into force in 1999. There is...

Taking time off in lieu of working overtime or additional hours is a common practice and is often referred to as ‘TOIL’ – time off in lieu....

It's often said that training and education can motivate staff, help keep teams together and generally raise the performance of an organisation, but...

Unemployment benefit, now re-labelled Jobseeker's Allowance, has existed in the United Kingdom since before the First World War, when mass...

Getting headhunted is so exciting and such a boost to your confidence and career that it can be really hard to keep it to yourself. But if you go...

Ideas about the place of workers in the running of businesses first came about in the United Kingdom during the Industrial Revolution as working...