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'Gay cake' case the Supreme Court heads over to Northen Ireland

Morning all

You may already be aware of the case below which although not an employment law case, does demonstrate how weighing up the rights of those with conflcting beliefs related to a protected characteristic is always a fine line to…

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Please help UIN assessment survey

Good morning

 

Please could I ask for a minute of your time to complete a survey to enable me to complete my UIN assessment for my level 5 course.  It's based around City College, where there is high staff turnover in the teaching…

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Level 5 or Level 7

Hello,

I am just coming to the end of my level 3 HR CIPD and am looking at the next options. My manager has asked me to look into what would suit me, my ability and my time - levely 5 or level 7. 

I have studied at degree level (a…

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Persistent Body Odour

Hi All,

Have an interesting one here....

We have an individual who has quite persistent body odour.  He's been with us for nearly a year and the Manager has spoken to him about it quite a few times - he admits he doesnt notice it…

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Closing the gender pay gap

Afternoon all

If like me you are a practical person and want to do something as opposed to know about something.

I found this article very refreshing about suggestions on how to close the gender pay gap and some of the examples of why…

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GDPR - new guidance from the ICO on legitimtate interest

For those of you who are still deep in GDPR, the ICO issued some guidance last week on one of the lawful reasons for processing data legitimate interest.

 

As you may already know, GDPR will require that organisations can demonstrate…

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Last chance saloon for Gender Pay Gap

Morning all

Making the headlines this morning, news that less than 50% of organisations have so far complied with the requirement to publish their gender pay gap reporting information ahead of the deadline for private businesses of 4…

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In the news: unpaid shifts

I must admit I had not even heard of this practice until a discussion on the radio this morning.

Albeit I had heard of skills tests, but not where people were working full shifts,

It will be interesting to see where this one goes as…

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Stress at Work - Managers Guide

Hi everyone,

I am looking to develop a guide for managers on how to deal with Stress at Work if one of their staff is affected.

I have found a few resources so far through the CIPD and NHS websites, but nothing that has really…

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More minimum wage naming and shaming

Morning all

Interesting to see some big names being named and shamed for not paying the NMW.  Note a number of these cases seem to relate to deductions which are made or allownaces which are not made, which then take the employee below the…

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Who decides whether your organisation is the best place to work?

Employees of course.

Just as customers are best placed to determine how good your products and services are, employees are armed with their own views on how much they would recommend your organisation as being a great place to…

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Can I work from home today?

Morning all

Not sure what the weather is like where you are, but I thought the BBC has provided a roundup of sensible advice.

Enjoy the snow!…

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