What Is The Fit For Work Service?

What Is The Fit For Work Service?

The Fit for Work service (FFW) (previously known as the Health and Work Assessment and Advisory Service) has been introduced at the start of this year by the Government to help employers to manage sickness absence. Initially, FFW is providing advice through a website...

Snow Chaos:Your Questions Answered

Normally, a bit of snow is great fun. Employers will be concerned about employee absence levels. Are you legally obliged to pay employees who fail to make it to work because of adverse weather conditions? What steps can employers take if they suspect an employee is...
Obesity

Obesity

No I don’t know who he is either but we might all be feeling like this after Christmas and New Year binges. Just before Christmas the European Court of Justice in a seasonal gesture issued its ruling on whether obesity can be considered a disability. In response to a...