New research shows that the total cost of employing smokers exceeds £3 billion per year. So what can you do to stop their “bad habit” from harming your business?
Published 08.07.2009
The government’s aim is that all public places and workplaces will be smoke-free by the end of 2007. However, only 50% of employers currently ban smoking. So if you’re about to take the plunge,
what’s involved?
Published 21.04.2005
In September 2020 it was reported that Hammersmith and Fulham Council had banned its employees from smoking when working at home because workplaces “must be smoke free” by law. Is this legal?
Published 13.10.2020
You’ve made arrangements to interview all the potential candidates for a job role on a particular day. However, one has since contacted you to say that the time they’ve been given is inconvenient.
Must you rearrange their slot?
Published 21.05.2014
Smoking has been banned inside most workplaces since 2007. One issue that still causes confusion is whether employers have a legal duty to provide outdoor smoking shelters for employees. What’s the
answer?
Published 25.08.2017
It may seem so simple yet selection interviewing is one of the easiest things to get wrong. At best, you stand to lose the perfect candidate. At worst, you could receive a tribunal claim. What
must/mustn’t you ask?
Published 18.01.2005
According to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), the use of e-cigarettes - or vaping as it’s often called - should be encouraged as an alternative to smoking. Should you now lift any workplace ban
you have on these devices?
Published 28.06.2016
A candidate has interviewed well but there’s one problem - they have large “flesh tunnels”, i.e. hollow tubes that are worn inside the ear lobes. Can you reject them because of their personal choice
in body art?
Published 04.12.2014
You’ve just offered a job role to your ideal candidate, but they’ve unexpectedly refused. Can you ask for the reasons why they’ve declined your job offer, or could this open the door to a tribunal
claim?
Published 21.09.2021