Is it all about zero-hours? The UK’s political parties have made zero hour contracts part of their electioneering – but how have their manifestos looked at employment issues? Jobs – and zero-hour contracts – have been at the heart of the UK’s General Election campaign. But as the electioneering reaches its final phases, it is […]
Shared Parental Leave – Step to Fighting Inequality? (A version of this article appeared in The Scotsman on 15 December 2014) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon set out her stall to business leaders last week with the aim of making Scotland more competitive while finding ways of fighting social deprivation and inequality. In many ways, she is […]
Being Paid To Go On Holiday: Do You Include Overtime? Continuing to be paid whilst taking holiday from work has been a long standing right. Until recently employers were entitled to base holiday pay on basic working hours only, and not on the amount of basic working hours plus overtime. For employees who regularly worked […]
Employing non-UK workers? Don’t fall into the discrimination trap (A version of this article were published in the Scottish Licensing Trade News , and in the Fife Business Journal (p13)) There’s a lot of political talk about curbing immigration. But the fact remains that much of our economy relies on overseas workers either from inside […]
Paternity Leave Dads, want to take more time off to look after the baby? (A version of this article was published in the Fife Business Journal, which you can read here) The world’s changing. From having no rights to spend time with their newborns a few years ago, dads now have significant rights to take […]