Why all companies need to start thinking about modern slavery
Last week saw the first finding of civil liability against a company for modern slavery in the UK. DJ Houghton Chicken Catching Services Ltd, a gangmaster company, was ordered to pay compensation to Lithuanian workers who had been trafficked to the UK and severely...Tribunal statistics reveal mixed news for employers
I’ve spent years trying to convince employers that their chances of actually losing in a Tribunal are fairly slim, and that they should be more robust and ‘fight’ cases. The position has become even more interesting given latest Tribunal statistics....Agency worker liability for the hirer
In one of the first cases we have heard that has reached the Tribunal following the introduction of the Agency Worker Regulations in 2010, Stevens v Northolt High School, the tribunal found that the hirer or end user (a school) was liable to compensate the agency...Video – advice on dress codes
Decades ago we were more formal, but how do you regulate your staff for what they wear, their tattoos and their piercings? Does health and safety come into it? Is your company’s dress code restricting the pool of talent available to you? Are you stifling...Equal pay – that’s not something we need to worry about, right?
You are probably aware of the litigation that has been rumbling on for ten years in the public sector where local authorities are having to find back-pay for thousands of women such as dinner ladies in schools who have argued they should have been paid the same as...
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