Lindsey Cartright, partner at Maclay Murray & Spens, provides guidance on what a garden leave clause should contain.

Employers' Law talks to legal and recruitment experts about how employers can avoid discrimination in job advertisements.

Heyday may have lost round one to the European Court of Justice, but employers must stay wary, according to Marian Bloodworth, counsel, Lovells.

We provide a round-up of case reports added to XpertHR this week, covering: disability discrimination against carers; disability discrimination and comparators; direct age discrimination; and indirect age discrimination.

XpertHR's policies and documents service has been enhanced by the addition of a model employee attitude survey policy and an employee attitude survey form.

How are the appeal courts approaching employers' provision and use of work equipment?

Hannah Ford, associate at Stevens & Bolton, explains what an employer should do when sending staff overseas.

Philip Davies, associate at Covington & Burling, explains how the amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act affect maternity leave.

The Government has issued a consultation on extending the right to time off for employees serving in a wider range of civic roles from April 2009.

A new report on "low-risk" enterprises is not the calamity that many of its detractors fear, argues Health and Safety Bulletin.

XpertHR provides two worked examples on early and late births in relation to the October 2008 amendments to the maternity legislation.

Performance management is more than merely skimming off the 10% of poor performers in any organisation. Personnel Today explains what HR needs to do to motivate staff.

Communicating pensions is hard enough when the message is reasonably positive, but how can employees’ backing for a potential reduction in benefits be obtained?

With increasing numbers of Muslims working in the UK, is it time for employers to pay more than lip service to Islamic law? Personnel Today finds out.

With tribunal costs on the increase, it's vital that workplace disputes are sorted before they get to court.

The IRS headline measure of pay settlements stands at 3.5% in the three months to 31 August 2008.

IRS research reveals that the median basic salary for all occupational health professionals stands at £34,415 per year. However, many occupational health professionals are not satisfied with their level of remuneration.

Reward specialists at IRS present their twice-monthly settlement summary table, together with detailed reports of recent pay reviews.

We provide a round-up of case reports added to XpertHR this week, covering employment tribunal jurisdiction.

The Advocate General has given his opinion in the Heyday age discrimination case. However, Employment Law Bulletin consultant editor Darren Newman explains why employers should refrain from reading too much into the opinion.

The main rate of the national minimum wage increases from £5.52 to £5.73 and the development rate from £4.60 to £4.77 on 1 October 2008. The rate for workers aged 16 and 17 increases from £3.40 to £3.53.

Employees on additional maternity or adoption leave are entitled, like employees taking ordinary leave, to the benefit of all the non-remuneration terms and conditions of employment that would have applied if they had not been absent. The amendments apply to employees with an expected week of childbirth on or after 5 October 2008, and those with a child expected to be placed with them for adoption on or after this date.