Last week, the business secretary Vince Cable announced that more reforms were planned to make it ‘easier for firms to hire staff while protecting basic labour rights’. Further details of the consultation are available HERE. This is the latest development in the coalition Government’s systematic review of employment law since it took office and follows the … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2012
PODCAST – Will YouTube Interview Get Me A Job?
PODCAST – Guest Simeon Klein As he outlined in his blog post yesterday, College of Law GDL student Simeon Klein is ready to take a risk and be creative in his bid to get a foot on the legal ladder. But #RoundMyKitchenTable podcast hosts Kevin Poulter and Alex Aldridge aren’t so sure about Klein’s idea … Continue reading
Leaving Legal Boyhood
Kevin Poulter fears he may soon be asking his trainees to pass him his slippers It’s not just a grey hair, it’s a wiry, unruly, thick white hair, 8 inches long and it needs to come out, quickly. Worse still, it has some associates who are less compliant in the ease of their removal. I … Continue reading