There has been surprisingly little publicity over the Government’s draft bill which will introduce the apprenticeship levy. Over recent years there has been a lot of funding and initiatives to encourage businesses to take apprentices. This has been partly due to the unemployment crisis of the young. The new levy is expected to come into force […]
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HR’s involvement in disciplinary decisions
An interesting practical point arose in the recent case of Ramphal v Department of Transport surrounding whether HR advice and guidance should be sought by the dismissing officer. In that case the issue for the EAT was whether the Tribunal had properly considered the inference that HR had inappropriately interfered with the dismissing officers decision […]