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Employer's guidance published on refugees and asylum seekers

Employers can now consult a new guide on employing refugees and asylum seekers, published by the UK Border Agency.

Have your say: consequences for employers of phasing out the default retirement age for employees

Employers have the opportunity to comment on Coalition government proposals to phase out the current default retirement age of 65 from 6 April 2011.

Action for employers with non-EU workers as new quota bites

Employer sponsors of non-EU immigrant workers may need to reduce their workforce following new government limits on employing non-EU workers, from 19 July.

Have your say: government proposes moratorium route for companies in trouble

Businesses seeking to collect debts can comment on government proposals to give companies in trouble protection from creditors in some circumstances, so they have more time to restructure or negotiate a compromise with those creditors.

Failure to apologise for abuse costs sales agent

A supplier validly terminated employment of an agent who abused its managing director for validly fining him and then failed to apologise, according to a recent legal decision.

Self-employed workers to gain maternity and pension benefits

Companies Act 2006

Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Employer's defective termination notice led to substantial bonus for employee

An employer whose termination notice was ineffective because it did not say it was given pursuant to a 'payment in lieu of notice' (or 'PILON') clause in the employee's contract had to pay a substantial bonus to the employee because he was still employed.

New guide for businesses on processing personal data obtained online

Businesses can now benefit from a new, free guide from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), setting out what they can and cannot do with customer and other personal data they gather from their websites and other online sources.

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