by beststarthr | Dec 6, 2017 | Disciplinaries, Employment Law, Library & News, Performance management
A tribunal has ruled that an employee working in a supermarket’s delivery yard was unfairly dismissed for wearing headphones. Onyike had worked for 13 years at Sainsbury’s as a commercial assistant in the Wandsworth store’s delivery yard. This was a known...
by beststarthr | Dec 6, 2017 | Disciplinaries, Employment Law, Grievances, Library & News, Strategy, Training & Development
The Harvey Weinstein scandal broke in early October 2017 when the New York Times published a story detailing decades of allegations against Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment. What followed was a deluge of accusations against many other celebrities in...
by beststarthr | Dec 6, 2017 | Best Practice, Employment Law, HR Heads Up - Beststart's Newsletter, Library & News
In this edition Sexual harassment in the film industry and Parliament has been grabbing the headlines but in an ‘everyday’ workplace do you know what constitutes sexual harassment? We can help you comply with your obligations under The General Data Protection...
by beststarthr | May 9, 2017 | Employment Law, Library & News, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy
It has been announced recently that the HMRC have collected an additional £705 million over the last year from companies who have underpaid payroll taxes. Much of this underpaid tax relates to the misinterpretation of workers’ employment status and the...
by beststarthr | Apr 7, 2017 | Best Practice, Employment Law, Library & News, Remuneration & Benefits, Strategy
Gender pay gap reporting will be required, from April 2017, by all private and voluntary sector organisations with 250 employees or workers are required to publish specific data on the pay gap that exists between their male and female workers. Key Facts The...
by beststarthr | Mar 7, 2017 | Employment Law, Library & News
A new law in France took effect on 1 January 2017, which affects businesses with more than 50 employees, giving workers a legal right to ignore work-related emails outside of their normal working hours. With approximately 90 billion business emails sent every day and...
