65 Going On 45

14 / 06 / 2013

The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) disclose that the number of people aged 65 and over in employment has reached one million for the first time. The ONS has put this down to the fact that more people are taking advantage of the removal of the default retirement age and staying on in work. There are...

Settling Down – ACAS Produces Code for Settlement Agreements

13 / 06 / 2013

Compromise agreements are legally binding contracts which can be used to end an employment relationship on agreed terms. They are being re-named as settlement agreements and will eventually be introduced with some important differences. Once in force, section 111A of the Employment Rights Act will prevent any offers or discussions about settlement agreements from being used as evidence in an...

It’s All About Experience

12 / 06 / 2013

It was announced yesterday that from 2015, GCSEs will move from coursework to exams and will be graded from 8 to 1, rather than A* to G. The pass mark will be pushed higher, and module content will change quite dramatically. The changes have come about after concerns that the current GCSE examinations were not challenging enough for the most...

Passing The Buck With Confidence:

10 / 06 / 2013

How are you today? Busy I expect? Mondays are always busy for us and there are never enough hours in the day. (What do you lot get up to over the weekend that creates the Monday morning deluge?!) Heigh ho, enough of this merry badinage. It seems opportune to chat through my thoughts on the way managers can effectively impart...

Summer Loving

07 / 06 / 2013

It has been cold and grey for so long that I thought I would never be able to crack out the tee-shorts and short sleeved dresses. But we have had more than one day of sunshine this week and we are all making the most of it. Inevitably summer – and summer clothing issues- have been creeping into the workplace....