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Carolyn Mumby, Employment Law Essentials

Feb 01 2006

Carolyn's area of expertise is employment law and HR and she is a non-practising Barrister and Licentiate Member of the CIPD. She was Legal Services Director for a national employment law consultancy for a number of years and her team successfully dealt with thousands of employment law and HR questions. She runs her own small but growing business and understands the needs of the small business at first hand.

Latest questions answered by Carolyn Mumby

Q: Redundancy for staff
Q: Accidents at work
Q: The importance of contracts
Q: Advertising for staff
Q: Breaks for employees
Q: Taking disciplinary action
Q: Verbal agreements
Q: Staff training
Q: New staff and holidays
Q: Racism in the workplace
Q: Working on holy days
Q: Pay for bank holidays
Q: Absence without leave
Q: Hard HRM Vs Soft HRM
Q: Employee holidays

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Comment by DUNCAN HIRST

Thursday 4th September 2008

ARE YOU THE CAROLYN MUMBY I KNEW FROM TOLL BAR ?
DUNCAN HIRST.

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