Monday, April 6th, 2009 - HMRC, employer, employment, legal

HMRC IR35 HMRC have been continuing their fight on IR35, and have won a case against an Essex based construction company, resulting in a bill for £800,000 Background: UK employee’s pay two types of tax in their pay: Income Tax, and National Insurance. The later is supposed to pay/contribute for areas such as the NHS [...]

continue reading

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 - career management, disciplinary procedure, employer, employment, legal, professionalism, sunday thoughts, tutorial

What are the lessons for all employees over Merside Police’s dismissal of PC Steve Bettley?

continue reading

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 - employer, employment

Employment! Two stories hit the news last week, which reflect how current legislation law is being reflected into cases, and how some bosses are reacting to the recession. Employee Complaints procedures: Allwyn Rondeau, 47, received a £67,500 payout after an employment tribunal ruled that he had suffered discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. Rondeau [...]

continue reading

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 - Blog, career change, career management, career transition, employer, employment, job relocation, professionalism

Employment lessons As a Liverpool FC fan, it was disappointing but inevitable that Robbie Keane left Anfield yesterday. The papers today suggest it was a poor decision by manager Rafael Benitez, but a decision to move from one organisation to another is always a joint decision by both employer and employee – so 50/50 for [...]

continue reading

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 - Article, career transition, employer, job offers, legal

Job Offer? photo credit: jimbowen0306 When is a job offer not a job offer? When you need to read the job offer letter! The recent case of Schley v. Microsoft Corporation in the United States has brought about a lot of debate in the recruitment industry and among HR Professionals of what is an offer [...]

continue reading