If you are leaving your job as a manager and moving on or retiring, have you considered using a recruitment service for the appointment of the next manager? You may have been in your job for some time and will probably feel sad about leaving the Partners and staff behind...
TUPEA recent Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has found in favour of the claimants in a case for unfair dismissal following a TUPE transfer.A group of employees had transferred under TUPE to a new employer following a move of work due to a large contractual transfer...
The Health and Safety Executive has launched a consultation on a new set of regulations - the Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013. A European Union Directive was introduced in 2010 to prevent injuries and infections to hospital...
Equality Act With effect from 1 October, age discrimination in the provision of goods and services will be unlawful. (Equality Act 2010 (Commencement No 9) Order 2012). This includes direct or indirect discrimination against a person because of age, by withholding a service...
Susanna King Answers one of the most common questions we receive here at First Practice Management "How do I Tackle equal pay in my practice?" Q: I recently became practice manager and, unfortunately, I have noticed that there are a number of discrepancies...
National Minimum Wage is set to change from 1st October 2012 for two classes of employee. The main rate rises from £6.08 to £6.19 and the training rate from £2.60 to £2.65. The other two rates for both 16 - 17 years olds and for 18 - 20 year olds are frozen for this year...