HR & Legal features

Do you use agency workers? If so, do you know when they might become your employees? Test your knowledge with one of our lawyers.

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) is a complicated area of the law. Test your understanding of an employer’s duty to make reasonable adjustments under the DDA against one of our own lawyers.

From 6 April 2008, if your business employs between 50 and 99 employees, you may come under a new obligation, under ICE legislation, to inform and consult your employees about work-related issues.

In 2012, a new type of pension provision known as personal accounts will be introduced. This change will affect every employer, even those who already offer their employees a pension.

2008 will see a raft of changes to immigration practice in the UK. We set out the range of recent guidance from EEF, looking at the impact this will have on employers.

The TUPE Regulations have long been renowned as a complex area of the law. Find out more about the Regulations, and test your understanding of which employees' rights transfer to a new employer under TUPE against one of our own lawyers.

In this feature we summarise the procedure that you should follow to establish whether your employees are eligible to work in the UK.

As of April 2008, ICE Regulations will apply to even more employers. Find out more and test your understanding of this subject against one of our own lawyers.

Do women on maternity leave accrue holidays? Can they keep their company cars? What about bonuses, PHI and pension contributions? The law on this topic is uncertain and employers often face conflicting advice.

With further legislative changes taking place in October 2008, we give concrete guidance on the current position and explain how it is all about to change…

This feature gives specific guidance on how the recently introduced smoking ban affects work vehicles. It updates our previous guidance with more detailed examples and includes a flowchart to illustrate when a vehicle used for work should be smoke-free.

Earlier this year, we reported a case which dealt with an employer’s right to extend a probationary period. Now you can test your understanding of this subject against one of our own lawyers and see how you rate.

Find out how good your understanding of paid leave is by comparing yourself against one of our own lawyers. How will you rate?

All workplaces in England have been smoke-free since 1 July 2007. As an employer you must be complying with this - our guide gives you the information you need.

The need for clear, jargon-free guidance on employment law has never been greater. Belonging to EEF gives you exclusive access to our employment law guide in print and online.