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Renewed calls For Gangmasters Act to extend to construction
Construction union UCATT is renewing its call for the Gangmasters Act to be extended to the construction industry after an investigation by The Observer revealed that workers on the East London line extension were being underpaid. The Gangmasters act currently only covers agriculture, food processing, shellfish collection and forestry. The Obs...
News | 8 Sep 2009
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Gangmasters law should be extended to construction sector
...force." Unite has been campaigning for the Gangmasters Licensing Act to be extended from food and agriculture into the construction, hospitality and social care sectors to give workers in those sectors the protection from employers who abuse labour laws. Today's report gives further weight to the calls for an extension of that law into other sectors. The report highlights evidence of abuse in the construction industry including assaults and threats of violence; pay below the level of the National Minimum Wage; excessive deductions from pay for rent, tools and utility bills; and provision of sub...
News | 15 May 2009
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Calls for Gangmasters Act to be extended to construction
The TUC General Council is to expand its campaign for the Gangmasters Licensing Act to be extended into the construction industry in order to reduce the exploitation of construction workers. This resolution, which was carried at the TUC Black Workers’ Conference last weekend (18-20 April), came in response to comments made by John Hutton, Secreta...
News | 29 Apr 2008
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Calls for Gangmasters Act to be extended to construction
It is all very well Government & their appointed Quangoes continuing to issue rules & regulations in administartive & legal gobbledegook, which no doubt they pretend to understand, but until the man on the ground is demanding action for the principles involved nothing will happen. Making more criminal law to try & force the nation into line will just be as nonsensical as the criminal charge for a waste bin lid being open on collection. Common sense should be taught in kindergarten, throughout all school years & even be a degr...
Comment | 30 Apr 2008
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Vulnerable workers won't be protected by Gangmasters Act
Business Secretary John Hutton has rejected calls for the Gangmasters Act to be extended to protect vulnerable temporary workers on building sites.Hutton said the revamped regulations on Construction, Design and Management (CDM) which came into force in April 2007 were a better tool to deal with the abuse of casual labourers within the industry.Th...
News | 14 Sep 2007
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Construction industry worried about bogus self-employment
... the construction industry (around 1m workers) were working as bogus self-employed. He said that he believed bogus self-employment was now costing the Exchequer £5bn every year. Bogus self-employment occurs when a worker who has all the characteristics of an employee is classified as self-employed for tax purposes. The vast majority of bogus self-employed workers operate under the Construction Industry Tax Scheme. They are taxed at source (20%) like a normal employee, but pay lower national insurance contributions and are entitled to make an annual tax return.As the workers are classed as self-e...
News | 29 Nov 2007
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Open for Business
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network How might employment legislation look after 6 May? inside this issue MAY/JUN 2010 Issue 54 Comment: Why I am looking forward to the Equality Act. Page 45 Why cutting red tape is the top business priority. Page 24 Red whine All fired up Debate on th...
Magazine issue | 4 May 2010
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Licence to… protect your workplace?
...ust now be licensed. The industry has been shaken (not stirred!) since the licensing system for contracted-in security services in England and Wales came into force on 20 March 2006. This means that those operating without a licence are now committing a criminal offence. Back in February there were calls to delay the deadline due to difficulties in getting licensed in time, and the SIA is now dealing with a backlog of applications, which means that even those who have applied for a licence may currently be working illegally because the SIA has not been able to process them all in time. Despite the ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006
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HSE focuses on health and safety of migrant workers
...rs. The release of the guidance follows concerns that the health and safety of migrant workers is being overlooked; last year, an employer was fined and imprisoned for six months after a migrant worker was left permanently disabled following an accident on a construction site, and there have been calls for the Gangmasters Licensing Act to be extended to cover more employers that hire migrant workers. The HSE highlights that there is no simple answer to the question of who is responsible for the health and safety of migrant workers:“It depends on the relationship between the labour provider an...
News | 24 Jun 2008
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ETs on the rise
... ... LAtest 05 EDITORIAL Nothing to lose? 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Key legislative dates for autumn 2010. A practical and interactive one-day course heALth And sAFety And enViROnMent uPdAte 07 NEWS Fit note changes reveal those assessed are overwhelmingly being found fit and able to look for a job; and calls for compulsory health and safety performance reporting. 27 15 COMMENT 40 years of the Equal Pay Act, but discrimination cases continue, argues Ben Collingwood. amongst FM professionals who want to link up with contacts from similar organisations, says Sarah Wray. 22 EAT: The Court of Appeal has s...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010
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The world in your hands?
...isciplinary and grievance issues, and the right to make a complaint to an Employment Tribunal where their rights have not been adhered to. 25371 The standard rate of VAT will revert back to 17.5%. Since 1 December 2008 the rate of VAT has been decreased by 2.5% to 15%, but as of 1 January, despite calls from business groups to delay the rise until after the January sales period, the rate will revert to 17.5%. 19456 EARLy 2010 New Regulations will be brought in to make it unlawful for trade union members to be denied employment through the use of blacklists. Under Section 3 of the Employment Relat...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network HeadacHe? Try NEW improvEd laW aNd rEgulaTioN! longer lasting Fast acting Increased holiday allowance Dispute resolution simplified again New formula CORGI becomes Gas Safe Register and much more ... APRIL UPDATE sPEcIAL IssUE APRIL 2009 Issue 4...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009
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CDM special
...00ft to reach them". Unfortunately practical concerns can be overlooked when a designer is looking for dramatic effect in key sections of the building such as the reception area. "In one corporate headquarters the lighting units were set 30ft in the air directly above banks of ornamental plants," recalls Greenfield. "The planted areas meant it was impossible to build a scaffold tower to allow for cleaning so a scaffold bridge had to be set up between two balconies with a further tower set on this. If they had consulted with a facilities manager he would have at least recommended that the lights be ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2007
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What is reasonable adjustment?
... to accessibility improved at all? Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 & 2006 -- interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 -- business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT CONTENTS Legal calendar 06 Forum 07 Reasonable? 08 Check that you are ready for all the events and legal developments taking place in December '06 and January '07. Thoughts and opinions from Workplace Law Network members on a hot topic. In October 2004 Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act placed new responsibilities on ...
Magazine issue | 1 Dec 2006
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£20 if you can prove you’re competent
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace NOVEMBER 2006 ISSUE 22 £20 if you can prove you're competent Peel here to see if you've won! Thought it would be the easiest £20 you ever made? Think again! See inside for details Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 & 2006 -- interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 -- business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT CONTENTS Legal calendar 06 Forum 07 The competence ga...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2006
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London’s burning, where’s the engine?
...rent British Standards. As one source commented it is almost a policy that says, "if you want a response from a brigade you have to have a verified alarm". It was explained to us that, as part of the policy, the CFOA is in the process of instigating a three-level response dictated by the number of calls a businesses system generates. Currently most fire alarms are linked to a call centre; when the alarm goes off a message is sent to this call centre, the call centre calls the fire brigade and the brigade turns up at the fire. The policy allows businesses one false alarm per year for every actuatin...
Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2006
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The sex issue
...essional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT workplacelaw 2 CONTENTS Legal calendar 06 Letters 07 Sex discrimination: 08 an outdated law? Sexual orientation 13 Positive discrimination: are some forms of discrimination better than others? Keep up-to-date on the all the latest legal developments, events and conference dates coming up over the next six months. Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their businesses. In 1975, groundbreaking legislation was ...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2006
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Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?
...ming up over the next six months 07 LETTERS Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their workplaces 16 08 DISABILITY ACCESS: IS IT BECOMING CLEAR YET? One year since the implementation of Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, we ask the experts for their views on the progress we've made and the future of the DDA 15 A FINE MESS Why do we bother fining companies for their health and safety failures, asks David Sharp P14 16 5 STEPS TO STEERING CLEAR OF EMPLOYMENT TRIBNALS Your guide to key recent and upcoming changes in employment law how ...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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Business as usual? London bomb blasts
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace SEPTEMBER 2005 BUSINESS AS USUAL? London bomb blasts: a lesson in HR PAY AS YOU DRIVE The costs for employers of national road pricing proposals GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Who's responsible for the safety of employees overseas? DISCIPLINE AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES Against natural justice? Highly commended in the PPA Magazines 2005 Awards - Interactive business and professional magazine of the year ...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
