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Certificates of employers' liability insurance could go from staff kitchens to intranets
© Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Certificates of employers' liability insurance could go from staff kitchens to intranets Certificates of employers' liability insurance could go from staff kitchens to intranets Businesses will be able to display their employers' liability insurance certificates on their intranets under proposals confirmed by ...
News analysis | 18 Jun 2008
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37% of employers have not considered auto enrolment impact
A survey of major private sector employers by professional services firm, Deloitte, has found that 37% of employers have not started to consider the impact of auto enrolment on their future pension strategy. It also found that 42% have not factored the expected cost of auto enrolment pension reforms int...
News | 29 Oct 2010
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Majority of employers against new paternity rules
Eighty-two per cent of employers are concerned that the new Additional Paternity Leave (APL) rules will negatively impact their companies, according to a survey by law firm, Davies Arnold Cooper. However, the survey also finds that most employers (74%) believed that less than a quarter of eligible employees would ta...
News | 30 Apr 2010
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Further consultation on role of employers in visa process
The Government is currently consulting on new legislation which will shift the administrative and cost burden to businesses of checking whether an overseas national is entering the country legitimately.This will be of relevance to those responsible for organising:professional and amateur sporting events with overseas participants; entertainment and cultural events with overseas participants; orwork or study courses for ove...
News | 5 Mar 2008
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Takeaway owner fined for lack of Employers’ Liability Insurance
...y lawyer David Urpeth, of Irwin Mitchell, recently warned that lack of insurance for businesses is a growing problem. He said this was due to a relaxation of legislation, the economic climate and a lack of awareness. David said he believed that the legal requirement for Employer Liability Insurance certificates to be displayed should be re-introduced.
Case | 24 Dec 2010
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Employers reminded of legalities of taking on apprentices
...st £5m. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) advises that, in practice, most policies offer £10m minimum cover. Employers are required to display a certificate of employers' liability insurance at each place of work, although measures were brought into force in October 2008, which meant that certificates no longer had to be displayed as hard copies, or kept for the previously-enforced minimum of 40 years. The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 now allow employers to display the certificate online, as long as it is readily available to all employees. The Regul...
News | 26 Jan 2010
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IEMA Associate Certificate in Environmental Management
The IEMA Associate Certificate Course* is designed to raise the professional competence of environmental practitioners by developing their knowledge and understanding of environmental management and its application. This course from Workplace Law Environmental combines theoretical learning with practical exercises that encourage team working and discussion amongst ...
Course_code | 10 Feb 2012
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CIPD Employment Law Award
...e CIPD Intermediate Award in Employment Law is a four-day course from Workplace Law Human Resources designed to give students a comprehensive introduction into the legal framework that underpins effective HR policies around employment relations. This unique Workplace Law course is ideal for busy professionals who need an underpinning knowledge of employment relations law but are not able to commit the time to academic study such as a Masters Degree. The CIPD Intermediate Award in Employment Law is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) as part of its new qual...
Course_code | 10 Feb 2012
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Survival of the fit note?
...al. But the question is: how do we encourage end users to cut back on the amount of heating and cooling they demand, when it is widely acknowledged that changing user behaviour is the holy grail of achieving real carbon reduction? www.workplacelaw.net Given this difficulty, and with Display Energy Certificates looking likely to become mandatory for commercial buildings in the foreseeable future, the time has come to consider how intelligent control technologies can play a significant role in monitoring and maintaining HVAC systems (the largest user of energy in the workplace) to help regulate buildings. ...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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LPC recommends tougher enforcement of minimum wage
...ion (LPC) has said that HMRC should do more to crack down on illegal unpaid internships. The report said the LPC wants to see 'effective [legal] enforcement' from HMRC. It also says that more clarity around the law is needed. "We recommend that the Government takes steps to raise awareness of the rules applying to payment of the national minimum wage for those undertaking internships, all other forms of work experience and volunteering opportunities. In addition we recommend that these rules are effectively enforced by HMRC", the report says. The report showed that some employers ...
News | 8 Apr 2011
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
...rities to prosecute a person who has responsibility for maintaining equipment that requires specialist knowledge or skills to carry out repairs. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire incident at the care home, in which an elderly resident died. Morris had issued several annual certificates of worthiness to the owner of the home, stating the fire alarm system was 100%. 31969 www.workplacelaw.net Facilities Manageme nt Legal Up Conference date and Dinne r see page 26 Find out mo re at Health and safety update | Comment Members and affiliates share their thoughts and opinions ......
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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Employers urged to check candidates’ qualifications
...ate, said: “This case illustrates perfectly why employers and recruitment firms need to make qualification checks directly with education establishments, no matter how highly qualified or experienced someone may seem. “With Internet diploma mills producing very convincing copies of degree certificates the only way to be 100% sure a candidate has the qualifications they claim is to contact the relevant education establishment directly. “Unfortunately, this form of fraud is allowed to continue as the vast majority of employers continue to only make brief visual checks of certificates handed...
News | 7 Oct 2010
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Expired passports now accepted as evidence of right to work
The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has reviewed its policy on whether indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in an expired passport can be accepted by employers as evidence of right to work. Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) is also known as permanent residency. Under the current legislation, employers must see evidence of a prospective employee's leave to remain in a valid passport. However, the UKBA has reviewed the policy and, under the UKBA’s illegal working civil ...
News | 11 Aug 2010
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The immigration quota: employment law issues facing sponsors
...rrent migrant workers to continue working for them (and so extend their permission to work in the UK) while maintaining a sufficient allocation for new workers. Employers may be put in the difficult position of being unable to extend a migrant worker's permission to work in the UK because it has no certificates of sponsorship left under its quota or because it has decided to extend the permission to work of another migrant worker in preference. If an employer does not extend a migrant worker's permission to work in the UK, so the worker has no right to work in the UK, continued employment will be unlawful...
News analysis | 29 Jul 2010
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Call for tougher stance on employers’ liability insurance
...ast £5m. The Association of British Insurers (ABI) advises that, in practice, most policies offer £10m minimum cover.Employers are required to display a certificate of employers' liability insurance at each place of work, although measures were brought into force in October 2008, which meant that certificates no longer had to be displayed as hard copies, or kept for the previously-enforced minimum of 40 years. The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 now allow employers to display the certificate online, so long as it is readily available to all employees. The Reg...
News | 14 Jul 2010
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Interim limit imposed on number of non-EU migrant workers
...n routes will then be decided and put in place by 1 April 2011. The interim measures include: capping the number of Tier One migrants at current levels and raising the number of points needed by non-EU workers who come to do highly skilled jobs from 95 to 100; andlimiting the number of certificates of sponsorship that licensed employers can issue to those who wish to come to fill skilled job vacancies. This will reduce the number of people entering through Tier Two by 1,300. The Home Secretary added: "The Government promised large scale change to Britain's immigration system – and t...
News | 28 Jun 2010
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Fraudulent qualifications a problem for employers
New research has found that two-thirds of employers have encountered people that misrepresented themselves on their CV, and more than a third felt this had a large impact on their business. The research, by background screening company, PeopleChecking, found that small businesses in particular felt that CV misrepresentation was an expen...
News | 24 Jun 2010
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Revised guidance for employers who sponsor migrant workers
The UK Border Agency has published revised guidance for employers who sponsor migrant workers under the points-based system. The sponsor guidance has been revised for employers who sponsor migrant workers under tiers 2 and 5 of the points-based system. The guidance documents, together with a list of changes from the previous guidance, can be downloaded from the UK Border Agency website. Tier 2 is for those skilled workers who have received a job offer from a UK employer and Tier 5 is for temporary workers. The...
News | 7 Oct 2009
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Proof of Eligibiliy to work in the UK
I have made an offer of employment to someone, a condition being that they provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK. The person doesn't have a passport so in line with the guidance, I have asked for: "A full birth certificate issued in the United Kingdom which includes the name(s) of at least one of the hold...
Comment | 12 May 2011
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Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Celebrating 35 years of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974-2009 HSWA revieWed JULY/AUGUST 2009 Issue 49 in sickness and in health Why the health agenda should not be overlooked. Page 12 Heated debate When is it legally too hot to trot? The elephant in the room Th...
Magazine issue | 7 Jul 2009
