Archive for June, 2010

Ebulletin 25 June 2010 – Default retirement age to be phased out

June 25, 2010

We think scrapping the default retirement age will be a big issue for employers – and as the Government are planning to remove it from April next year, there isn’t long to prepare. Our ebulletin explains why it is so significant: http://eepurl.com/EZlB

A happy compromise

June 17, 2010

Sometimes employers realise that offering an employee a quick settlement to terminate their employment can be a better way of managing a situation.  Usually the end result is that the employee signs a Compromise Agreement. But how do you broach the subject and start settlement discussions? Read more

A healthy approach to sickies

June 7, 2010

While the fact that sickness absence is reducing has to be good news for employers (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9115226), absence still has a significant cost to all organisations in both the private and public sector, and there is still a need for it to reduce much further. Genuine or not, absence costs money – in terms of sick pay, lost productivity and the need to arrange cover, often at short notice. Read more