Stress at work kept 51% of workers surveyed in a recent BUPA survey awake at night while 42% of those surveyed said stress at work had ruined their life. More than 53 % reported that a poor work-life balance made them feel unwell and 64% of respondents said that they would be more productive at […]
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Right to rest break automatic
Under the Working Time Regulations workers have the right to rest breaks. These are during the working day as well as daily and weekly rest periods. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the right can be infringed even where there has been no specific request for a break which has been refused. In the […]
Employment Tribunal Forms
A reminder that when the ACAS pre-claim conciliation becomes mandatory on 6th May the ET1 and ET3 forms will change again. Any claims or responses presented after this date on the old forms will not be accepted.
Employment Tribunal claims
Whilst the official figures are not released until December 2013, the Ministry of Justice has published provisional figures for employment tribunal claims received for the key period in the run up to and following the introduction of fees in July 2013. There was no significant change in the number of claims received of around 40,000 […]
Employee engagement
Part of the beauty of adopting employment law best practice is that not only can it save the business costs in the long run but it can increase employee engagement if handled correctly. It can work in the converse if you are the sort of business that has never had written contracts of employment or […]