David Widdowson, Author at Abbiss Cadres

Vince Cable targets ethnic minorities

Posted on 2 December 2014 (8 April 2021)

Sophie White’s article discussing the treatment of ethnic minorities within the FTSE 100, first published by HR Director Online in November 2014. […]

New Employment laws in force

Posted on 1 November 2013 (22 November 2024)

As part of the Government’s review of employment law a number of changes to employment legislation are shortly to come into force. […]

Employee voice and sustaining business success

Posted on 30 April 2013 (5 September 2024)

A recent report by Involvement and Participation Agency (IPA) and Tomorrow’s Company indicates that organisations that help their employees speak up are more able to create conditions for sustained business success. […]

All change for collective redundancy rules

Posted on 30 April 2013 (28 February 2025)

In this article, we analyse recent changes to the law on collective redundancies and explain how we can help organisations going through restructures. […]

Resolving workplace disputes

Posted on 18 March 2013 (22 November 2024)

The Government has recently consulted on the detail of its proposal to introduce compulsory conciliation through the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (“ACAS”) as a necessary pre requisite of bringing a claim in the Employment Tribunal. […]

Terminating employment without notice

Posted on 18 March 2013 (4 February 2021)

The Supreme Court has provided guidance on terminating contracts of employment with a payment in lieu of notice. […]

Flexible working Code and Yahoo’s ban on home-working

Posted on 6 March 2013 (26 November 2020)

The public body ACAS has published its draft Code of Practice in advance of the 2014 right to request flexible working from carers to all eligible employees. […]