How to spot and deal with fake references

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According to research by the Risk Advisory Group, more than half of CVs submitted by job applicants contain lies or inaccuracies much like online review sites. These range from gaps in employment history to false claims regarding qualifications and failure to mention fraud committed against previous employers.  One of the areas most fraught with difficulty …

Valuing the Mature Workforce: Why UK Businesses Need To Get Age-Smart

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Over the next decade, the changing age profile of the workforce will be the most significant development in the UK labour market, as a third of workers will be over 50 by 2020.  It is anticipated that within 15 years, nearly a quarter of the UK population will be aged 65 or over. Against a …

The Gig Economy: Modern Working Practice or Old Fashioned Exploitation?

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The Gig Economy: Courier On Bicycle Delivering Food In City

Few aspects of the world of work have been subject to greater debate in recent months than that status of those working in the gig economy. Try to even find a definition for this term and you will be quickly plunged into the controversy which surrounds it. It is a term which describes a labour …

Who’s Left Holding the Baby? Why Everything May Be About to Change for Shared Parental Leave

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Why everything may be about to change for shared parental leave

Since the introduction of the scheme in 2015, only 2% of eligible parents have taken up the opportunity to share their parental leave, according to figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Organisations with 250 staff or more are being urged to publish their shared parental leave policies on their websites to …

What’s The Next Move? The Potential Impact of Brexit on UK Employment Law

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Following the resignation of David Davis as Brexit secretary, the impact of the government’s plan for Brexit appears more uncertain than ever. Amid speculation that the consensus reached between Cabinet ministers last Friday has now collapsed, it is unclear what direction the coming negotiations with EU representatives will take and what concessions the UK government …