Workplace Law Training has been awarded approval to deliver accredited HR training courses in central London from March 2009 onwards. Workplace Law Training has run both the Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP) and the Certificate in Employment Relations, Law and Practice (CERLAP) since March 2007, and is delighted to add central London as its latest approved training centre.The fast-track courses take only 22 weeks to complete. A combination of e-learning and intensive classroom study in Cambridge or London leaves students free to study whe... Continue reading

Workplace Law corporate members Leeds University were among the winners at last night’s SHP IOSH Awards 2008, the premier event for health and safety professionals in the UK.The university won the award for Best Health and Safety Achievement in Local Authorities and Education, for the success of its “Me + you” campaign in communicating the importance of health and safety throughout the organisation. The judges described the initiative as: “an impressive organisational commitment to re-energising occupational safety and health in the uni... Continue reading

Leading international law firm CMS Cameron McKenna has joined the Workplacelaw Network, the UK's leading legal support service for workplace managers. As a member of the Network, lawyers from the CMS Cameron McKenna will provide specialist online legal advice in the areas of real estate, property and FM contract law. Under a separate agreement, the Workplacelaw Network will now reproduce articles, case reports and commentary from the law firm for distribution to the Network's 32,000 online users. Commenting on the partnership, Managing D... Continue reading

Workplace Law Publishing has launched a new online bookshop, designed to bring all of our publications together in one place and make them even more accessible than before.Presenting an extensive range of special reports, guides, policies and procedures, and handbooks, the Bookshop enables members to browse through health and safety and employment law publications to find the information and guidance needed to comply with the latest changes to law and regulation in the UK.All of our hardcopy publications are delivered within four working days o... Continue reading

The Right to Request flexible working has enabled a greater number of employees to change their working patterns to help them fit their work schedule around personal commitments. Whilst some employers have not welcomed the changes to the law, citing administrative and financial burdens, most believe that allowing their employees to work flexibly has improved productivity and employee satisfaction.  In response to protests from employees at a meat-processing factory over changes to their working hours, we are looking at flexible working fr... Continue reading