How Can Employers Avoid Age Discrimination in the Workplace?
Age discrimination legislation has been around since 2006. Despite this, some workplaces still seem to be catching up with the idea that inappropriate references to age in the workplace can land them in the same kind of legal nightmare as inappropriate references to gender or race.
What are the Rules around Continuous Service and Redundancy?
There’s nothing like a possible redundancy process to make people pay attention to their length of service. For the first time since they signed their employment contract, people will be looking for confirmation of when their service started so that they can check their redundancy calculations. It is at this stage that we often find…
Is Vaping at Work Allowed or Not?
Whilst the smoking ban is quite straightforward, the concept of e-cigarettes or ‘vaping’ is still causing confusion with employers. Whilst not entirely risk-free, vaping is considered to be around 95% safer than normal smoking so should vaping at work be allowed?
