Employee Relations News
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A New Checkout For Pay
April 19 2006
An innovative new database is set to give employers vital information on workers’ earnings and benefits. Lancaster-based Employer Solutions is accessing invaluable facts and figures that will benefit businesses across North Lancashire and South Cumbria. The pioneering concept allows employers to record their own pay information - without loss of privacy - and to compare their rates and overall benefits with others in the labour market. Ann Morris, of Lancaster District Chamber of Commerce, said
Eastern Europeans Plug Labour Gap
May 18 2007
Employers struggling to find workers for jobs where pay is near national minimum levels are increasingly turning to eastern European nationals ready to roll up their sleeves. A specialist Lancaster employers’ consultancy is currently helping clients fill a gaping hole in the labour force by advising companies on legislation for legitimate migrant workers. “This isn’t a case of EU residents sweeping in and taking work from our own people,� stressed Malcolm Martin, managing director of Employer So
Is World Cup Fever a Genuine Illness
May 16 2006
Because many of the World Cup matches will take place during working hours, the level of sickness absence is expected to rise as both men and women call in sick to watch the matches or to recover from drinking afterwards. In Holland insurers are even offering a policy to cover the expected increase. Employers need not accept spurious sick claims if they have made their position clear to employees. Employee handbooks and other documentation should specify unauthorised absence as a disciplinary ma
