At Workplace Futures Conference 2014 on 11 February, Workplace Law presented a session on learning styles, “Learning to innovate - Innovating to learn”. The session, led by Workplace Law MD, David Sharp, and Head of HR, Suzanne McMinn, focused on the impact that learning styles can have on employee engagement and career development.  We recently conducted a learning styles test to discover how people in FM learn and to see whether employers currently take learning styles into account, with the initial findings unveiled at Workplace Futur... Continue reading

On Monday 27 January, ThinkFM 2014 will be open for bookings with early-bird rates, and this will be your first opportunity to get your hands on tickets to the biggest event in the facilities management calendar. Workplace Law is delighted to announce that this year we are headline sponsor for ThinkFM 2014, which is brought to you by the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM). Taking place on Tuesday 13 May at Kings Place, London, ThinkFM will this year focus on ‘The workplace and beyond: facilities management’s impact... Continue reading

At Workplace Law we take our social responsibilities seriously, both as a business and as individuals, by raising money for charitable organisations and engaging in voluntary work wherever possible. In the past decade we've raised over £30,000 from charitable activities. In 2014, we have chosen to support Global Generation and have set ourselves our biggest fundraising target to date of £25,000. Global Generation are a charity dedicated to giving young people opportunities to play a part in creating a sustainable future. They do th... Continue reading

As of 2014, Workplace Law will be offering the IEMA Associate Certificate course as a day release course, and via elearning, in addition to the fast-track version that we currently run. These exciting new options give delegates the opportunity to gain this highly sought-after qualification in a number of different ways; either by attending the classroom sessions once a week for a period of ten weeks, as opposed to the fast-track option where delegates are taught in three blocks, or through our award-winning elearning platform. The IEMA Associ... Continue reading

On 27 November 2013, the BIFM People Management Special Interest Group organised an evening seminar focused on what makes a successful facilities manager. The event was held at Heron Tower, supported by Incentive FM, Catch 22 and Workplace Law, and was a huge success. Off the back of the evening, a briefing paper has been produced, which summarises the outcomes from the event and also looks to inform further debate. The aim of the event itself, which was attended by nine of the winners of the BIFM Facilities Manager of the Year Award... Continue reading