In the latest battle within the gig economy, a tribunal last week ruled that Deliveroo riders in North London are not entitled to basic employment rights because they are not workers. Why are we still talking about this? Well, an example of how Deliveroo staff are treated can be illustrated with this latest example: Under […]
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Uber, Deliveroo, Hermes… The list goes on in terms of those cases which have been in the spotlight of wanting to have their employee/worker status recognised. As opposed to the self-employed or contractors, workers enjoy rights such as National Minimum Wage, paid holiday, protection from less favourable treatment if they’re part-time and statutory sick pay. […]
The Wisconsin based tech company Three Square Market made headlines a few weeks ago when they became the first company in the US to microchip their employees. 50 out of 80 of their workers have agreed to allow their employer to ‘microchip’ them. Anyone with visions out of a sci-fi where humans go under the […]
The Case Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts and ors The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld a tribunal’s decision that regular payments for voluntary overtime should be taken into account when calculating employee’s holiday pay. In this case, 56 employees who were ‘Quick Response Operatives’ (plumbers, roofers and similar tradesmen) working for the Council worked […]
Social media can play a big part in our day to day lives; however do we ever stop and think what impact our social media can have on our jobs? Well for one woman (Mrs Plant), her Facebook made a big impact on her job. Mrs Plant had been a machinery operator for 17 years […]
As a total and utter coffee addict -and a bit of a coffee snob to boot- I was fascinated by this piece in Big Hospitality, covering some of the best coffee innovations in the industry. Here are five ways in which the smartest operators in the business are bringing new offerings to the market. Coffee […]
In this Internet age, news travels fast. Bad news travels even faster. Protecting your business’ reputation is therefore ever the more important, and you can bolster your chances of avoiding damage to your business’ reputation with these 3 measures (of course, this is not an exhaustive list): 1) Have a clear social media policy Plant […]
A new easyHotel is set to open in Summertown in 2019. Quite what nearby residents feel about this I don’t know but it is good news for Oxford in terms of increasing accommodation options for visitors. Coming after the opening of the new Westgate centre and a number of other new hotels in the centre […]
Congratulations to our neighbour just a few streets away The Vanbrugh Hotel who have been awarded the Best Boutique Stay award in the prestigious Muddy Stilettos Awards 2017. The lack of hotel accommodation at all in oxford, let alone ones you can really recommend to friends, family and clients, is a really well documented problem […]
Having given a talk with Prisca Bradley, our Head of Employment, on top tips for hiring an employee, I was reminded that an ’employment fair’ took place in the Oxford Town Hall yesterday. Word on the street is that the new Westgate Centre complex will attract over 3000 jobs to the area. From an employment […]
