Workplace Law Magazine is available only to Premium Members of the Workplace Law Network. Produced 10 times each year, it is distributed in hard copy format in the first week of the month, and is also available online.
Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
Heard of Facebook? You'd have to have left the planet not to, as employers and employers' groups have suddenly realised what it's costing their businesses! Surveys around the use of Facebook in workplaces estimate that businesses face a cost of £130m a day, due to the fact that employees are spending inappropriate amounts of time chatting to their friends.
In this issue...
Latest
Editorial
There's no doubt about it, employees are getting more expensive!
Legal calendar
Take a look at the changes taking effect and key dates for your diary during October and November 2007.
Case law
- Council criticised after hiring private detectives to follow a sick employee
- Nursery owner first to be prosecuted over minimum wage
- Man who filed tribunal paperwork 88 second late has claim thrown out
Comment
From the coalface
Bursar Martin Newlan says there are now so many different pieces of legislation he is tempted to stop reading all the advice.
To be green, or not to be green
Facilities Manager Philip Jeffs: "I want to see governments agreeing whether global warming exists, and if so developing strategies for tackling it".
Focus
Facefacts
30 million people worldwide spending 233 million working hours a month on social networking at a cost of £130m a day. You could jump on the Facebook banning bandwagon or just learn how to communicate with your employees!
The rising cost of employees
Employing people just got more expensive, with rises in the minimum wage, increased holiday entitlement and extended maternity/paternity rights.
Working through the pain barrier
A controversial new report says that employees suffering with musculoskeletal disorders would be better off returning to work before they are 100% fit, rather than staying at home. Kelly Mansfield meets author of the report, Michelle Mahdon.
Network
"Health and safety is no longer a dogma!"
Facilities management firm Emprise has reversed attitudes to health and safety through thorough training for each and every individual.
Premium content
Workplace Law Network premium members now have free access to a wide range of white papers and factsheets, as well as news, case reports, briefings, special reports, guides, and the magazine online!
Clinic
Premium members have their queries queries over retirement and redundancy answered by the experts.
Challenge
"We will wear goose fat!"
When Nick Thompson discovered two grown men crawling around on their hands and knees in the centre of Cambridge, he was compelled to uncover the motivation behind this curious activity.
Technical
Legal update
In-depth technical guidance on: musculoskeletal disorders, the Single Equality Act, and recovering staff costs in litigation.
The data
New this month!
Five pages of key statistics and information on employment law and health and safety.
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