employment tribunal

• When is a job not a job? When it's a 'self-employment' opportunity
  Posted on January 23, 2012 by Louise Restell
  I am one of the 4.14 million self-employed workers in the UK. I was feeling rather special and especially courageous for going it alone, but now I am one of over 4 million I don’t feel quite so amazing. Having said that, and even though I was somewhat ‘bounced’ into doing it by being made redundant, it is something I had thought about for a long time and I have a fair idea of the drawbacks as well as the benefits. That probably sets me apart from quite a few of this growing band of freelancers.
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  Posted in: Employment law
  Tagged: CIPD, employment rights, employment tribunal, jobs, minimum wage, self employed, unemployment numbers
• Hands off our employment rights
  Posted on October 2, 2011 by Louise Restell
  According to the OECD, the UK already has one of the most business-friendly frameworks of employment law of any of its members, second only to the US. The chancellor, George Osborne, is obviously not convinced. He told The Sun newspaper yesterday we talk far too much about ‘union rights’ and not enough about the rights of unemployed people to get a job. That’s why he’s increasing the qualifying period for employees to make unfair dismissal claims from one to two years.
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  Posted in: Employment law
  Tagged: employment law, employment rights, employment tribunal, Osborne, TUC, unfair dismissal, unions