Businesses\u2019 Human\nResources Departments constantly invest time in developing initiatives for\ntalent acquisition and key staff retention, including reviews of appraisals systems\nand training opportunities. In this month\u2019s bulletin, we would like to\nintroduce two examples regarding the \u201celection”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lewis Silkin LLP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Chairman of Lewis\nSilkin LLP recently sent an email to all the employees, inviting everyone to be\nactively involved in the General Election on 12th<\/sup> December. Of\ncourse, those who did not wish to take part or exercise this opportunity were\nunder no pressure to do so; this would apply without any consideration of party\naffiliation whatsoever, and was simply an opportunity even for those who wished\nto support the electoral process on an entirely neutral basis (e.g. helping\nwith voting registration). We felt it was\nimportant, as a firm, to do our small part to ensure that each employee had the\nopportunity to exercise those democratic rights and get involved. Employees\nwere therefore granted an optional day\u2019s leave (in addition to their normal\nholiday entitlement) to take some active part in the election campaign (e.g.\ncanvassing, volunteering and so on).<\/p>\n\n\n\n McEleny v Ministry of Defence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n