Henry Clinton-Davis

Oct 1, 2024 | hrzone.com | Henry Clinton-Davis |Nadia Nagamootoo

Fire and rehire: HR managers breathed a collective gasp a few days ago when the Supreme Court decided that Tesco could not force through changes to its employees’ employment contracts by terminating their employment and then offering the employees employment on changed terms. A device used by employers to effect changes to employment contracts in the face of employee opposition appeared doomed. However, a closer look at the case, reveals that things are not quite so simple.

Jan 15, 2024 | peoplemanagement.co.uk | Henry Clinton-Davis

Criminal background checksFirst off, few HR teams seem to be aware that if they are conducting criminal background checks on job candidates, they will need a specific policy addressing this. That is a mandatory requirement of the Data Protection Act 2018 and it frequently falls to HR – or their employment lawyers – to draft it.