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Feb

2016

Employment

Working Time Directive uncertainty at root of new cases

The Working Time Directive gives employees the right to holiday pay but provides little clarity on how this pay should be calculated. This uncertainty has resulted in a number of recent high profile cases on holiday pay, including Lock v British Gas. Lock v British Gas Last year the tribunal in Lock v British Gas… Read more »

Posted by Kathleen Morrison

On February 23, 2016

Feb

2016

Employment

EU referendum: In or out – what will happen to employment law?

UPDATE Since we wrote this blog, the UK has (as you will well know!) voted for Brexit. You can find our post-vote analysis of the implications for employment law on Brodies’ website, or users of Workbox, the employment team’s online HR site, can access continually updated information on our dedicated Brexit: immigration and employment law page. An… Read more »

Posted by Kathleen Morrison

On February 5, 2016

Feb

2016

Employment

Are you ready to work ‘smarter’?

So what’s new? BSI, the business standards company, together with (and sponsored by) the Cabinet Office, has produced a new ‘Smart Working Code of Practice’. What does Smart Working mean? ‘Smart working’ is the idea that current working practices are outdated. The ‘normal’ practice of office workers travelling to their place of work, logging on… Read more »

Posted by Julie Keir

On February 3, 2016

Feb

2016

Employment

Stress at work

According to the CIPD’s annual absence management survey, stress at work is one of the top reasons for long-term absence and employees and employers have reported an increase in the incidences of workplace stress year on year. In fact, workplace stress is estimated to cost society around £3.7 billion every year in sick days and… Read more »

Posted by Julie Keir

On February 2, 2016

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