Here are a few more of the questions – and our outline answers – following our recent webinar on Handling Workplace Investigations.
Does the notetaking at investigation meetings need to be verbatim?
No. There is no requirement for meeting
Here are a few more of the questions – and our outline answers – following our recent webinar on Handling Workplace Investigations.
Does the notetaking at investigation meetings need to be verbatim?
No. There is no requirement for meeting…
Japan – Amendments to the Childcare and Family Care Leave Act took effect on 1 April 2025, with further amendments to take effect on 1 October 2025.
Singapore – Amendments to the Child Development Co-Savings Act 2001 took effect on…
In December 2024, the new Private Investigations Act came into force. The Act replaced the Private Detectives Act of 1991 and was long overdue, considering how much has changed in the world of private investigations. The 1991 law focused on…
During our recent webinar on Handling Workplace Investigations, we received several questions via the chat facility that we will address in a number of blogs over the next few weeks.
First off, we have some questions about who should…
The government’s long awaited White Paper Restoring Control over the Immigration System has been published today. As part of the Home Secretary’s foreword in the Paper, she states that the plan will “restore order, control and fairness to the system,…
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