Make your position clear on the use of AI by candidates
Publication date: 07.10.2025
Article database » Recruitment » Recruitment
With many candidates now using generative AI tools to assist with job applications, you should ideally make your position on this clear. Our new statement provides different forms of wording to
choose from. Should you implement a ban on AI use?
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Travel time and the national minimum wage
Publication date: 07.10.2025
Article database » Pay and conditions » National minimum wage
The Court of Appeal has ruled that there’s no right to the national minimum wage (NMW) for time a worker spends travelling from their home to an assignment at a client’s site. What document
amendments have we made following this ruling?
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Additional pay for working in the Greater London area
Publication date: 07.10.2025
Article database » Pay and conditions » Pay and conditions
A London Weighting Allowance Clause outlines an additional payment that you will provide to employees working in London to offset the higher costs of living and working in the capital. Which specific
points are covered by our new clause?
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Dealing with long-term sickness absence
Publication date: 07.10.2025
Article database » Sickness absence » Sickness absence
Our Attendance Procedure is for use in cases of short-term sickness absences only. However, we’ve now added a new information section at the end outlining how you will normally aim to deal with
long-term incapacity cases. What’s in it?
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Improved checklist for ascertaining right to work
Publication date: 07.10.2025
Article database » Recruitment » Right to work checklist
We have made several improvements to our Right to Work Checklist with a view to ensuring those responsible for recruitment more clearly understand and follow the rigorous right to work check rules.
How have we updated it?
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Consent to discontinuous periods of shared parental leave
Publication date: 07.10.2025
Article database » Work & parents » Shared parental leave policy
Where, by or before the end of a two-week discussion period, you accept an employee’s request for discontinuous periods of shared parental leave (SPL), you can confirm this to them using our new
letter. What does it say?
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Language badges in public-facing roles
Publication date: 07.10.2025
Article database » Company rules » Dress and appearance policy
To enhance the customer experience, employees can wear badges which show the languages they speak. We’ve drafted a new policy covering this.
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Q&A - use of AI detection tools
Publication date: 07.10.2025
Article database » Recruitment » Recruitment
Q&A - use of AI detection tools..Q. What are the risks in using AI detection tools to assess whether content on CVs or application forms has been AI generated? A. Detection tools for AI-generated
text are unreliable for a few reasons: (1) AI-generated text doesn’t have a consistent, machine-readable signature, plus if the candidate edits the AI...
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Q&A - discontinuous shared parental leave
Publication date: 07.10.2025
Article database » Work & parents » Paternity leave policy
Q&A - discontinuous shared parental leave..Q. Can an employee get around the risk of our refusing their request for discontinuous shared parental leave (SPL) by simply submitting three separate
period of leave notices requesting three separate periods of SPL? A. Yes, provided they give you each period of leave notice at least eight weeks before...
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Avoid a food poisoning incident
Publication date: 21.11.2019
Article database
When more than 50 wedding guests fell ill in 2017 it sparked an investigation by environmental health officers followed by the prosecution of the wedding caterer. What went wrong?
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