On Saturday 15 June, I (together with a team of friends) will be walking 25km from Canterbury to Wye to raise sponsorship for Pilgrims Hospice. Please can you consider sponsoring our team: "Total Shambles" to help support the vital work that they do. £12 could pay...
At the weekend, we celebrated 10 years of Canterbury HR! Actually, the company started trading in January 2013, but it was so busy that the date was missed. So we're celebrating 10 years since the first invoice was paid. Thanks to everyone that we have...
In these unprecedented times, the situation is constantly changing. Employers have a lot to deal with - increasing staff absence, potentially a significant downturn in business (or surge in certain industries) and now, with schools closing, there will be issues with some employees needing assistance...
There are a number of changes taking place in April 2020 to employment legislation. Some of these arise out of the government’s Good Work Plan which was published in December 2018 and which has been described as the government’s “vision for the future of the...
Following on from the large number of sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood, the social media campaign #MeToo has highlighted that sexual harassment is a common occurrence across workplaces. In addition, many have also said that they don't know any women who haven't been the subject...
On 26th July, Unison was finally successful in their case against the government. The Supreme Court made a ruling that employment tribunal fees were unlawful. Tribunal fees were introduced in July 2013 and an employee who wanted to claim unfair dismissal or discrimination had had to...
Facebook have recently announced that they will now be offering staff 20 days paid leave for bereavement for an immediate family member and 10 days for an extended family member. In addition they are offering up to 6 weeks for staff to look after a...
There have been a number of landmark cases recently in which people working in the so-called "gig" economy have been found to be workers, and therefore have access to various rights. Typically these are individuals who work for a service organisation, and are paid for...
The BBC has published an article about the increase in the number of Council workers that have been suspended for accessing social media and porn sites at work. Some of it relates to staff spending too much of their working time on non-work activities. However,...
Rachel Downer from Canterbury HR and Tony Hamlin are running a series of CPD courses for managers, starting with two in December: Effective communication for management on Wednesday 2nd December at 9.30am (book here) Mediation for managers on Wednesday 9th December at 9.30am (book here) Effective Communication for...
As a result of recent case law (the "Tyco" case) some employers may be required to pay their employees to travel to and from work. This is only the case where: Employees are paid on an hourly rate They have no fixed place of work, and The employer...
From 26th May 2015, it will not be lawful to include or enforce an exclusivity clause for employees on zero hours contracts. Under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 employees on contracts which do not have a minimum number of paid hours per...
A Tumblr blog called Racists getting fired (and getting racists fired) has claimed another victim in the USA recently, according to the BBC. Chris Rincon, who used to work at Jet Set car wash in Houston, Texas, was fired after posting an offensive slur against...