Composite services firm Gabem was in court before the Special Commissioners this month, appealing on the tax status of contractors.
No one would call it the most entertaining event in the world, as lawyers spent days wrangling over the precise meaning of words.
Still, the chairman lightened up proceedings, with a barbed comment on the reliability of that much-maligned professional,
The most frequent question we receive from our clients is how to cope with staff disciplinary and disputes. Disciplinaries are becoming a minefield, with employers feeling the pressure of new statutory procedures, ACAS codes of practice and their own procedures. The current multi-stage process is designed to create dialogue between employers and employees.
Paris-based executive search consultancy firm Alexander Hughes has forged partnerships in the US and Asia. In the US, it has teamed up with Nosal Partners, which has seven offices across the States.