advo hr takes a look at a case where an incident occurred at one recruitment agency’s Christmas party with serious consequences, an example of where an employer can be held vicariously liable even where the incident does not occur at the official party. Case law...
Flat hierarchies have in recent years become well-known in the business world as alternatives to more traditional structures. Some quarters of the media have positioned flat hierarchies as a necessity for the successful companies of tomorrow, but this is not the case:...
Nearly all employers (97%) are planning to maintain or increase their spend on employee benefits over the next two years, new research from the CIPD and LCP reveals. But a lack of analysis over the benefit spend is highlighted as needing improvement. The latest...
70% of employees say they don’t believe that employee mental wellbeing and musculoskeletal issues are taken seriously enough in the workplace, according to the results of a new poll. The key findings of the poll1 carried out recently by Health Cash Plan provider,...
Workplaces have a key role to play in delivering a new government healthcare plan. Health secretary Matt Hancock set out plans to make prevention a central plank of the upcoming NHS long term plan, and a green paper will be published on this issue next year. In an...
