I’ve just returned to work from a week’s leave – fabulous weather, for late September in England (!) and we moved into a house with a sea view. Totally gorgeous. I always dread my first day back though. You know what it’s like – you spend three quarters of that first day just catching up…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates and related stories.   NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE FOR “ON-CALL” WORKERS? “EXTRA” HOLIDAY PAY FOR EMPLOYEES WHO CHOOSE NOT TO TAKE TIME OFF? A recent judgement in the case of Mr J Shannon –v- Mr & Mrs Rampersad T/A Clifton House Residential Home UKEAT/0050/15/LA has provided some…

Post by the Lincolnshire Practice Managers’ Group The 2015 Lincolnshire Practice Managers Conference will be held at The Urban Hotel Grantham on the 8th and 9th of October 2015. Dr Phil Hammond is Chair for the fifth consecutive year. In 2014 we were joined by a growing number of colleagues from Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. This year we…

At a time when all staff in GP practices are under unprecedented pressure and there simply doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day as it is, holiday and sickness absence can be a real headache. While there are locums out there to cover GP absence, what about frontline staff in a practice? How…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates and related stories.   SOCIAL MEDIA – EMPLOYER’S DELAYED RIGHT TO TAKE ACTION Most employers feel that they need to take almost immediate action against an employee who posts derogatory remarks on social media. However, following the Employment Tribunal Appeal case of The British Waterways…