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  1. ‘Five-a-day’ fundamentals of good management published

    ...UK’s people management skills deficit. CIPD Chief Executive, Jackie Orme, and Acas Chief Executive, John Taylor, are launching the ‘five-a-day’ fundamentals of good management at their joint Resilience through recession conference. They said it is their belief that the country faces a huge challenge to raise the level of people management skills among its four million managers if it is to improve the productivity of UK plc.  The ‘five-a-day’ management fundamentals, from CIPD and Acas research and practical experience of management development, are grouped under the following headings...

    News | 11 Jun 2009

  2. Official statistics show 150 work-related driving accidents a day

    ...eat Britain 2005 statistics have recorded the purpose of journeys and revealed that 'at-work vehicles' were involved in over 54,000 crashes in 2005 or 150 per day. The GMB has said that this massive number of work vehicle crashes each day highlights the need for urgent HSE action. Despite for calls for work-related road traffic accidents to be included in the reporting of workplace accidents under the Reporting of Incidents, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR), as Workplace Law previously reported, it has been announced that such accidents will not be included. The HSE ha...

    News | 13 Nov 2006

  3. Six months to A-day, and counting: So what are you doing about it?

    ...be taken now to assess, and address, the impact of the new regime. Rule changes will almost certainly be required in the short-term. ‘Member communication’ is also a vital part of any such exercise. In particular, higher-earners – whose pre- A-Day rights may require protection to avoid potentially significant tax disadvantages – must be given advance warning, well before A-Day itself, of the need to review their situation. FACT OR FICTION The pensions industry is in a state of flux at present, and this is no more so than in the case of the piecemeal and somewhat chaotic introduction...

    News | 10 Oct 2005

  4. World Day for Decent Work: will you take part?

    Employers are being encouraged to take part in the World Day for Decent Work tomorrow (7 October), to help raise knowledge and awareness of worker rights.The international event, organised by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), urges trade unions and organisations to focus on all aspects of ‘decent’ working practices.According to a statement by Kristin Blom, Campaigns Officer of the ITUC, more than 350 events have currently been planned in more than 100 countries.Through a variety of activities connected with the issues of rights at work, solidarity and ending poverty a...

    News | 6 Oct 2008

  5. Holiday snaps: a round-up of holiday-related issues

    ...nk holidays if the contract provides for this. The increase throws up interesting issues for part-timers. The guidance for dealing with part timers is to give them a pro-rata entitlement based on a full-timer’s total entitlement including bank holidays: if the part-timer’s normal working day falls on a bank holiday when they are not required to work, this counts as a day’s holiday; if the part-timer does not normally work on a bank holiday, they will be able to take that part of their holiday entitlement another time. However, a recent case in Scotland decided that a part-timer who did ...

    Case | 20 Jul 2007

  6. Women and Work Commission: UK gender pay gap worst in EU

    A landmark investigation into why women lag behind men in pay has called for a change of culture in workplaces. A Government-appointed commission made 40 recommendations aimed at boosting the pay and career prospects of women, and reducing the 17% wage gap. The Women and Work Commission concluded that the gender pay gap is worse in Britain than anywhere in Europe....

    News | 27 Feb 2006

  7. Employees 'waste an hour a day' online

    ...according to a survey by US staffing agency Accountemps. The survey follows another study by America Online and employee compensation data firm, Salary.com, suggesting that the average US worker wastes 2.09 hours every eight-hour workday – excluding authorised lunch and coffee breaks. Not all of this time was spent on the internet – although it did come top of the list of employee distractions. Of more than 10,000 workers polled by AOL and Salary.com, 44.7% put web surfing first. Socialising with others in the office was second (23.4%) and conducting personal business was third (6.8%)...

    News | 16 Aug 2005

  8. Transport chaos: Q&A for employers

    Following the terrorist attack which effectively shut down central London’s public transport system, many employers like the Disability Rights Commission have taken a decision not to open their office on Friday 8 July and instead to give workers the day off. Not all employers will be in a position to make this concession, however, perhaps for operational or financial reasons. Workplace Law Network has put together a brief Q&A for employers. If we do ask people not to come to work, do we have to pay them? Yes. If the employer takes a decision to close for ...

    News | 7 Jul 2005

  9. Employer advice offered on stress awareness day

    National Stress Awareness Day (NSAD) is being held today and will this year encourage people to 'Start Living – Stop Stressing'. Annually organised by the International Stress Management Association (ISMA), NSAD is in its 12th year of increasing public awareness and drawing attention to the issue of stress. This year stress advisors will be visiting public, private and voluntary organisations throughout the UK, providing free stress...

    News | 3 Nov 2010

  10. £70,000 bonus case highlights importance of clear wording in contracts

    ...cise its discretion to make the bonus payment, the Court put itself in Seymour Pierce’s position and held that if Seymour Pierce had exercised its discretion reasonably, Mr Rutherford would have been entitled to the bonus.  This was despite Seymour Pierce producing evidence that most, though not all, recent leavers had not been paid a bonus if they were dismissed or resigned after certain dates.  The Court considered that Mr Rutherford had, contrary to the assertions of his former employer, performed well and allegations of poor performance were unsupported.  The Court put itself in the shoe...

    Case | 27 May 2010

  11. UK to officially recognise Workers Memorial Day

    The UK will officially recognise Workers Memorial Day to commemorate thousands of people who have died, been seriously injured or made ill through their work, Yvette Cooper announced today. This follows the Government’s consultation in July to explore options for official recognition of the day, which gained wide...

    News | 28 Jan 2010

  12. Over a third of businesses not insured for pandemics

    ...crease of swine flu cases over the past couple of months. A common concern highlighted in the survey was that the extended self-certification period currently being considered would be open to abuse from employees looking to ‘pull sickies’ and take extra time off work. The plans, which would allow people with suspected swine flu to extend the amount of time they can take off work without a doctor’s note from seven to 14 days, are currently under review by the Cabinet Office and would be enacted for a limited period of time, most likely six months, if the number of cases in the UK rose dr...

    News | 6 Aug 2009

  13. Consultation on false self-employment in construction

    ...e way in which the work is carried out on a day-to-day basis demonstrates that there is an employment relationship.  According to construction union UCATT, most cases of bogus self-employment occur through the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) - the stand-alone tax scheme for the industry. Unlike all other forms of self-employment workers are taxed at source. The Government are proposing that all construction workers will be deemed to be employees unless they supply their own materials, provide a substantial amount of plant, or are providing other people’s labour as well as their own. Alan ...

    News | 27 Jul 2009

  14. Environment Agency promotes green travel to work

    ... Trust will be on hand to offer advice on more efficient driving with the help of their driving simulator.  Keesje Crawford-Avis, Principal Officer, Climate Change, for the Environment Agency said:  “We need people to understand that climate change is happening here and now, that it will affect all of us, and that there are things we can each do to help reduce our personal contribution to climate change. “Staff at the Environment Agency are very aware of the affect they have on carbon emissions through their lifestyle at home and at work. The Better Travel Day will help staff to find and a...

    News | 14 Jul 2009

  15. Calls to extend construction Gangmaster Licensing

    Unite, the union, is backing a call from a Labour MP for legislation to regulate gangmasters who exploit migrant workers in the UK building industry.  Last week, Labour MP, Jim Sheridan, announced a proposal to extend gangmaster licensing law to the construction industry. According to Unite “crooked gangmasters” are avoiding re...

    News | 17 Jun 2009

  16. More should be done to cut workplace accidents

    ...n is slowing down.  There is still a lot of work to be done to get businesses to follow even the basic health and safety guidelines. “People should expect to go to work, do a day’s work, and return home safely after their duties. Sadly, such a reasonable expectation is often not realised. “All too often workers come to us after they have suffered serious injury following a work accident which could easily have been avoided. Such industrial accidents cause pain, suffering and misery for the person injured and their family. As noted by the HSE, such accidents at work cost industry an enorm...

    News | 17 Apr 2009

  17. Claimant found to be in contempt of court for exaggerating her claim

    ...ould not go shopping unaided.  However, video surveillance showed Mrs Kirk continuing in her everyday life without any apparent difficulties. In the light of the surveillance evidence, Mrs Kirk agreed to accept the payment into court out of time.  High Court application The Civil Procedure Rules allow proceedings to be brought against someone for contempt of court if they make a false statement in a document verified by a statement of truth without believing the facts stated in it to be true. In November 2007, approximately five months after the action was settled, Ms Walton’s solicitors ap...

    Case | 7 Apr 2009

  18. UK employees willing to save energy in the workplace

    ...ey are now more likely to try to help their employer save money than before the credit crunch kicked in.  The research was commissioned by the Carbon Trust as part of its campaign to help businesses save at least £1m a day by saving energy. The ‘One Million A Day’ campaign urges businesses of all sizes to join up and prioritise actions to kick-start immediate energy savings, reduce carbon emissions and make significant direct costs savings. The campaign’s target is to help save the UK economy £1bn over the next three years and reduce the UK’s carbon emissions by at least 17 million ton...

    News | 30 Mar 2009

  19. Inquiry calls for paid time off for volunteer work

    ...ring.” Instead, the Inquiry wants to see the introduction of a new scheme that would grant young adults an extra day a year to volunteer. This would be a scheme that employers and academic institutions could opt into and would consist of approximately eight working hours – not necessarily taken all at once, i.e. in a day off – but used at any time throughout the year for young adults to undertake voluntary work:“It would provide the right to leave an hour early eight times a year, should a person wish to prepare for an evening activity club they run or a full day off should an individual ...

    News | 4 Jun 2008

  20. Dishonest employees' database: a good idea?

    ...accepted as people who have responsible employment policies, who can work within the Information Commissioners’ employment policy guidelines and the Data Protection Act, and who can be trusted to manage the system in full compliance with the law. “It is highly unlikely it will be open to very small businesses where there is possibly no defined personnel function within that business and where it might be more difficult to ensure compliance.” Organisations that have already signed up include Harrods, HMV, Mothercare, Selfridges, and Reed Managed Services. Unions and human rights organisation...

    News | 9 May 2008

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