Working Conditions

It is important to understand what your employer considers to be acceptable expenses claims so you are not unnecessarily out of pocket. In the...

It can be difficult to know the best way to handle depression in the workplace. Although we know that employers should be kind and caring, with...

The contract between an employer and an employee forms the basis of the working relationship and it is vital to read them. If it is a written...

Partly prompted by EC legislation, the government has introduced regulations aimed at improving work-life balance to ease the burden of juggling...

Health and safety in the workplace is an area that has some of the strongest rules that embody workers' rights in law although this is matched by...

Disciplinary procedures refer to the processes that are followed when a business investigates a problem with an employee and the other side of that,...

Regulations that protect workers do not apply across the board to all people who are in work. Apart from the special restrictions placed on some...

Many employees take their pay packet, look at the take-home figure and stuff the payslip in a drawer, if not the bin, expecting the company to have...

The use of psychometric testing is increasing, particularly in larger organisations who can see the value of investing in them. They are designed to...

The rules and regulations regarding your company paying for your eye test is dependant on the type of work you generally do. You will know if...

Most companies employment contracts will consider drug-taking or drinking alcohol on the premises as gross misconduct, which means that offenders can...

There are minimum regulations that govern working hours and holiday arrangements but they also depend on the job that you do, how you are employed,...