Useful Links

ACAS

A Government funded Arbitration and Conciliation Advisory Service.

They have lots of useful guides, fact sheets and Q & As about all aspects of employment, including excellent free booklets that are easy to download and read. This site also has a great search facility.

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

This site is a treasure trove of information for all things to do with HR, personnel and people development.  Anyone can become an Affiliate Member and gain full access to all the fact sheets and resources on the site.  There are also useful membership benefits like basic employment law support and access to events through the Local Branch Network.  The Central London Branch provides a regular series of well attended free seminars and events that address topical HR issues.

Please click here for the latest list of events.

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formally the DTI)

This site also has lots of information on employment; Rules, Regulations, Law, Statistics and Safety. Its main focus is to support businesses with all aspects of company law, including many guides that are free to download. If you like detail, they have all the latest information on the Employment Laws.

Business Link

The National Business Link website will provide you with a number of guides from staff incentive schemes to maternity information. There are good sections on starting up a business, finance and grants, and exploiting your ideas. It is easy to navigate via topic headings on the left and the Site Map link for each section.