Recruitment
The Good Work Plan delivers some good news for work-seekers
New guidance issued on employment references
New guidance from the UK Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) provides employers with a timely reminder in relation to their obligations when providing and obtaining references which is an area in which employers can easily fall foul if they are not careful.
CIPD reports that a reduced amount of EU to UK migration has caused a skills shortage in the UK
According to CIPD's latest quarterly labour market snapshot, a slump in the number of EU citizens migrating to the UK has exacerbated skills shortages in the UK.
Declining number of graduate recruitment roles
There have been rumours circulating in the news over the past 12 months about the declining number of graduate roles that will be available in the UK over the next few years. And it seems that those fears have not been unfounded. Research carried out by High Fliers, the student research specialist, has shown that the UK's biggest graduate recruiters - including Goldman Sachs, Unilever and BP – hired almost 1,000 less graduates in 2016 than they originally anticipated at the start of that year. Many are speculating that this is the result of ongoing and widespread uncertainty about how Brexit will affect businesses in the years ahead. The largest drop was seen in the accounting and professional services companies, banking and finance and investment banking. This trend was also reflected in the private sector, with statistics reporting that graduate recruitment for those business fell 10.3 per cent in 2017.
Greek government's imposition of height restrictions on its police force falls short of equal treatment
In the recent case of Ypourgos Ethnikis Pedias kai Thriskevmaton v. Kalliri, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that the requirement for candidates for the Greek police academy to be at least 170cm tall amounted to indirect sex discrimination which could not be objectively justified.
New requirement for public sector workers to speak fluent English
From 21 November 2016, public bodies are under a duty to ensure that staff in customer-facing roles can speak fluent […]
Calling HR: time to give your views on the work, health and disability green paper on "improving lives"
The government has produced a consultation paper, “Work, health and disability: improving lives”. The paper highlights the following striking statistics: […]
The Fall of Big Sam
Last week, the Football Association (FA) dispensed with the services of its shortest-serving England manager after just 67 days in […]
Insight: UK Employment Law Round-up – September 2016
In this issue, we look at whether a job applicant can gain protection under the Framework and Equal Treatment Directives […]
To tattoo or not to tattoo, that is the question
A recent survey reported on by ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) revealed that young people believe their chance of […]
Virgin Trains goes full steam ahead in employing ex-offenders
Sir Richard Branson is reaching out to the talent among ex-offenders and encouraging other businesses to look past individuals’ criminal […]