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Autumn Budget 2025: Confirmation of Nati...

Rachel Reeves has unveiled the Autumn Budget today (26/11/2025) which looks to raise taxes overall b...

Construction Company Fined £1 million Af...

A construction company specialising in road resurfacing in London was fined £1 million after a worke...

Company Fined £270,000 After Worker Seri...

A County Durham waste recycling company was fined £270,000 following the injury of an employee. The ...

Council Fined After Failures Led to Deat...

Western Isles Council pled guilty to a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act following the ...

Why Optimism Bias Led to £54,000 Penalty...

'Fall from height' is often the deadliest, yet most preventable workplace injury category.   Let’s...

Protected Disclosures? Why a café worker...

“From an employer’s standpoint, the key takeaway is the importance of recognising and responding app...

Demand for Early Conciliation Increases ...

ACAS recently published its figures regarding early conciliation. The results indicated that the num...

Herefordshire conservatory firm fined af...

The accident “This incident could have easily had fatal consequence, and it highlights the importan...

Minimum wage breaches result in £5 milli...

The Government’s report on minimum and living wage enforcement for the financial year of 2023/24 ind...

£1 million fine issued after worker kill...

The accident "Nearly a quarter of all workplace transport fatalities occur during reversing – a wel...

House of Lords Protection from Unfair Di...

An amendment to the Employment Rights Bill, namely the day-one protection for unfair dismissal has b...

World Youth Skills Day 2025

July 15th signals the arrival World Youth Skills Day, with this year’s theme centred heavily on the ...

White Ribbon UK’s ‘Right to Respect’: Ju...

Throughout the month of June White Ribbon will be promoting their ‘Right to Respect’ campaign, suppo...

Flexible working - What do employers nee...

Flexible working has been making headlines recently, not least because several large companies have ...

Redundancy Protection - Employment Right...

In April of 2024, employers were introduced to the changes in redundancy rules, which gives employee...

Why Businesses Need to Adapt to Digital ...

Data protection and social media policy for businesses While the name of the social media platform ...

Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations...

Regulations confirm the removal of the 26-week service requirement from 6 April 2024 From April 202...

Education in 2022 – An Employment Law Pe...

What issues are HR departments facing in schools in the UK this year? In this article, we’ll break ...

Employing Ukrainian Refugees - Part Thre...

A Ukrainian national who hasn’t applied for permission to stay in the UK doesn’t have a right to wor...

Employing Ukrainian Refugees - Part Two:...

So, you’ve decided to employ a Ukrainian national, but have concerns about integrating them into the...

Employing Ukrainian Refugees - Part One:...

In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many UK businesses have stepped up to help. Marks &...

P&O Redundancies - Three Key Takeaways

Branded one of the most “shameful acts in the history of British industrial relations”, the P&O ...

Four Day Working Week – The UK’s First T...

Back in 2021, Croner took a look at some of the pros and cons of a four-day working week. Now it is ...

Self-Isolation & Other COVID Updates – 2...

The Prime Minister’s announcement marks an end for COVID restrictions in England. For some, this is ...

Way to Work: A Fresh Start or a Bad Idea...

Getting people into jobs should be a good step forward for the unemployed and for companies that nee...

Highway Code Changes 2022 - What They Me...

The recent Highway Code changes, applicable since January 29th, 2022, don’t only affect the transpor...

2022 - What to Look Out for in Employmen...

After another year of massive challenges and changes, how should business leaders like you approach ...

Top Employment Law Developments - 2021

2021 was marked by the pandemic just as much as 2020. As a result, some of the development from the ...

Reacting or Redacting? Key Learnings fro...

Earlier this year, one of the most successful video game companies in the world faced mass-walkouts ...

Top Issues HR are Facing Right Now

This is quite a turbulent time for employers across the country. Continued uncertainty and business ...

Roadmap Out of Lockdown - May 2021

Today, Boris Johnson announced that the next stage of the roadmap out of lockdown will go ahead from...

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Spring Budget Breakdown

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s second budget included details of further support for businesses as they ma...

Upcoming Changes to Look Out For in Apri...

Undoubtedly, everyone right now is focused on the roadmap out of lockdown. The possibility of gettin...

Statutory Pay Rates to Increase in April...

The Chancellor’s Spending Review would normally be looking three or four years ahead. However, given...

Prime Minister Unveils COVID Winter Plan

The lockdown in England is due to end on 2 December 2020. Sticking to that deadline, Prime Minister ...

New COVID-19 Restrictions - Homeworking ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced new measures that are to be put into place. The one measu...

The UK's Biggest Workplace Worries - COV...

In August 2020, we surveyed a number of business to find out their biggest workplace concerns. In li...

Schools Staying Shut – What Could This M...

Schools are no longer obligated to fully reopen before the school summer holidays in England. Instea...

Prime Minister Sets Out Plan For Easing ...

In a 10-minute address on Sunday evening, Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out a provisional plan f...

The Ramifications of Thomas Cook’s Colla...

On 23 September 2019, Thomas Cook went into compulsory liquidation. Around 21,000 worldwide employe...

Croner Awarded Best Companies ‘Ones to W...

For the second year running Croner has been awarded ‘Ones to Watch’ status by the Sunday Times Best ...

Croner Named as Chosen Suppliers of 24/7...

Croner are delighted to announce that the CIPD has recently chosen Croner as the preferred supplier ...

Understanding Simply Personnel: Your FAQ...

Unlike some other software providers, Croner Simply Personnel is managed by a team of HR experts who...

Croner Announces Investment of £2 Millio...

Midlands HR and Health & Safety consultancy Croner Group Limited has today announced an investme...

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Employee Assistance Programme Launched f...

Croner Announces Partnership with Right Management London, 10 January 2012 – Employee Assistance Pro...

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