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Employment law: Forced retirement
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012The Supreme Court has just started a hearing which is expected to provide guidance about how and when it might still be permissible for employers to force staff to retire – even though it is supposed to be illegal to do so. Peta Fluendy explains.
Employment law: Agency and temporary workers
Friday, January 13th, 2012Peta Fluendy looks behind the headlines to uncover the real impact new agency worker regulations are having on businesses and staff.
Employment Law: The year ahead
Sunday, January 8th, 2012FMWF’s resident employment lawyer Peta Fluendy takes a look at the myriad of changes due for 2012.
Employment law: Equal pay – a timebomb for the private sector?
Friday, December 9th, 2011None of the recent initiatives to water down employment law, have done anything to stop equal pay legislation from looking like a potential time bomb for the private sector, warns employment lawyer Peta Fluendy.
Employment law: Simplifying or just shuffling regulations?
Thursday, December 1st, 2011Simplifying employment laws ought to mean an end to long-winded procedures and legal quagmires. But attempts by the coalition government to achieve that might end up falling flat, says Peta Fleundy.
Employment law: When staff become business “constituents”
Friday, November 25th, 2011We ought to be able to trust government to show us all how to be caring employers and avoid staff legal claims, but if the departure of the UK Border Agency chief is anything to go by, we’d be better off trusting it to show us what not to do.
Employment law: Protected conversations
Friday, November 18th, 2011Will it soon be possible for employers to get away with saying whatever comes into their head, no matter how offensive, to their staff? It ought to, according to the government, which is planning to introduce the idea of protected discussions into the workplace that will allow bosses to have “frank conversations” about tricky subjects.
