Social Media is everywhere. In fact, that is probably the point of it. It encourages debate and discussion. It provides instant access to celebrities, politicians, anyone in fact. It can be fantastic. It can be empowering. But it can also be dangerous. Users of social media, both writers and readers, employers and employees, must accept … Continue Reading
Squire Sanders presents a series of webinars focussing on the key labour and employment issues in various countries throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and the United States. On 21 February 2013 at 4.00 pm CET (10.00am EST, 3pm GMT), the featured country is France. Jean-Marc Sainsard and Pauline Pierce from Squire Sanders’ Paris office will focus … Continue Reading
Commentators on “social recruitment” (using social media technology to recruit) are tipping 2013 as a hot year for recruitment technology and HR tech companies are pushing a mindboggling range of products out into the market. We are not (yet) aware of any Employment Tribunal claims arising from the use of social recruiting methods but if … Continue Reading
I came across an article published in The Guardian newspaper this week which discussed a study carried out in America in 2012, throwing up some revealing results in relation to the treatment of job applications from male and female candidates for work in the Science sector. The premise was simple: how would two prospective candidates … Continue Reading
I noticed an interesting article on the BBC News webpage recently concerning the findings from an MP’s report which stated that women from ethnic minority backgrounds faced discrimination “at every stage of the recruitment process”. At the application stage, those with typically “non-white” names faced immediate difficulty. The lady interviewed by the BBC had been … Continue Reading
Fame at last! Whincup, D. appears in the bibliography of a recent ACAS Research Paper into “Workplaces and Social Networking – the implications for employment relation”, hooray!. Aside obviously from its reference to me, the Paper is primarily notable for the details it provides of a survey conducted by MyJobGroup. One thousand individual respondents were … Continue Reading
I have always wanted to run a marathon before I die. Sadly time has conspired against me and now the risk of doing both on the same day is too great to ignore. Even from a distance, however, it is hard to think that after all the blood, sweat, toil and tears that go into … Continue Reading
There is always a point in life when you suddenly realise that you have become your own father. You will see it coming – you begin to ask for the music to be turned down in restaurants, order the starter portion only and find the way much younger people speak increasingly irritating. I was interviewing … Continue Reading
Toxic debts are just so 2010. The contamination caused by corporate bribery and corruption will be keeping many more Chief Executives awake at night as they watch rolling news reports of Rupert Murdoch’s humble apologies for corporate misbehaviour whilst his wife attacks a protestor intent on doing him grievous bodily harm with a plate of … Continue Reading
Is it just very old fashioned to require your candidates and employees to be honest with you as their employer? Is a proper degree of trust not an integral part of the employment relationship, just as your staff would expect you to be truthful with them? After a case this month in the German Federal … Continue Reading
Even though Spain is facing its deepest recession in half a century – with an unemployment rate of over 20% in the first quarter of 2011 – it still has important appeal for foreign investors, not only for those seeking to enter its domestic market, but also for those looking to use it as a … Continue Reading
