working long hours

WORKING LONG HOURS

  • 01 May 2015
  • McGrade

The BBC has reported today that Scottish teachers are working substantial additional hours, without pay. Working long hours, whether ...

mental illness

MENTAL ILLNESS AT WORK: REMOVING THE STIGMA

  • 01 April 2015
  • McGrade

SeeMe is an organisation whose aim is to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination. The organisation has this week reported that nearly h...

jeremy clarkson

JEREMY CLARKSON: WHAT SHOULD AN EMPLOYER DO?

  • 01 March 2015
  • McGrade

The news of Jeremy Clarkson being involved in a ‘fracas’ with a producer dominated the news for a number of weeks and generated a huge amo...

sickness absence

MANAGING SICKNESS ABSENCE: FIT FOR WORK SCOTLAND

  • 01 February 2015
  • McGrade

Absence from work due to sickness costs employers and the economy billions every year. It also has a negative impact on employees’ health an...

national minimum wage

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE: NEW REGULATIONS

  • 01 January 2015
  • McGrade

The draft National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 have now...

disability discrimination

DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION: APPROACH WITH CAUTION

  • 01 November 2014
  • McGrade

It has been reported this week that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been ordered to pay substantial compensation to a disabled ...