When the chips are down and divorce is the only card left to play, tax planning is unlikely to be top of the list for many couples. But failing to transfer assets at the right time may result in unexpected charges for capital gains tax, eating into...

The Bradford Factor (or Bradford Formula) is a mathematical formula for employers to assess and measure the effect – or damage – an employee’s absence pattern has on its business and to fairly compare the attendance of its staff by...

Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 all employers are under a duty to protect the health and safety of their employees and anyone else who is affected by their organisation.  The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which is...

Can I dismiss an employee for posts they made on social media?

• Posted2022-08-10 14:01
• AuthorEmployment Team

Social media can be used in many positive ways. However, for employers it can create many difficulties with employee use of social media coming at a price. This is both in terms of lost productivity in businesses which allow free Internet access during work...

Diversity monitoring in the workplace

• Posted2022-08-03 09:00
• AuthorEmployment Team

Our clients often ask us whether they should be monitoring diversity and if so, the questions to ask. In some cases you will be obliged to carry out diversity monitoring anyway (due to the size of your organisation or the sector that you work in) but really...