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Employing foreign workers: what is about to change?
© Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Employing foreign workers: what is about to change? Employing foreign workers: what is about to change? The Government has recently revealed that more than half of the new jobs created under Labour since 1997 have gone to foreign workers, and for months now, the debate on immigration has barely left the front page of British newspapers. While the ...
News analysis | 5 Feb 2008
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Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?
...tion or activity'. · Acceptingabribe.Section 2 of the Act provides that a person is guilty of bribery where that person `requests, agrees to receive or accepts a financial or other advantage intending that, in consequence, a relevant function or activity should be performed improperly'. · Bribingaforeignpublic official. Section 6 of the Act provides that a person is guilty of bribery where that person bribes a foreign public official (`F') and the person's intention is to `influence F in F's capacity as a foreign public official' and to `obtain or retain... business' or `an advantage in the conduct...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010
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Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth
... Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS). The type and number of licences a company requires is determined by a number of factors, including its business operations over the next four years; its legal structure; the number of current employees who have Work Permits; the number of new hires it anticipates employing; and the number of existing employees who may travel to the UK for temporary or permanent assignments. Anne Morris of Davidson Morris Solicitors says these new regulations have actually been designed to make the process much more practicable and user-friendly. "Before the new legislation came in th...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009
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Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
...t only the courts can authoritatively interpret the law. The views expressed in Workplace Law Magazine are the contributors' own not necessarily those of the publishers. Latest | Editorial up IN SmOkE At 6.03 a.m. on 11 December 2005, journalist Colin Campbell was live on BBC News 24, outside the Foreign Office in Central London. A sound was heard in the background, and he faltered. "I actually can just tell you that I've heard a very, very large explosion just behind me a few seconds ago," he said. Little did he know that the explosion he had just heard was actually 30 miles away. It was the large...
Magazine issue | 5 May 2009
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
...ntral American governments, such as that of Honduras, do not have funds to build an infrastructure to govern issues such as workplace safety. This creates real social problems with insufficient utilities and housing but ironically working conditions are generally favourable with major investment by foreign owned companies urged on by low operating costs and high profits. The recent implementation of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) designed, amongst other things, to change and improve working conditions and labour codes has ironically resulted in former President Ricardo Maduro experi...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
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Survival of the fit note?
...us 18 SURVIVAL OF THE FIT NOTE One year on and the fit note has made no inroads on levels of sickness absence, reports Sara Bean. 34 DOES THE POLLUTER PAY? Colin Malcolm examines the extent to which the polluter pays principle can actually be enforced on business. 45 END NOTE Employers that think employing a new member of staff is too expensive tend to be those who recruit because of churn rather than growth, says Neil McDiarmid. teChniCaL 38 THE DATA HEALTH AND SAFETY: Prosecution of safety experts illustrates the importance of checking the competence of health and safety advisors. 22 BY ROYAL CHA...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
...executive centre workplace law group workplace law executive centre Abolition of the Default Retirement Age Employment Tribunals, the Government's Employers Charter, and new Consultation on resolving workplace disputes Recruitment, and the effects of the Equality Act Latest developments on hiring foreign workers Details on pensions auto-enrolment scheme workplace law health and safety workplace law group workplace law human resources workplace law health and safety workplace law executive centre workplace law environmental workplace law workplace law group workplace law human resources executive ...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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Evacuation versus invacuation
...k every room due to time constraints. Swipe card systems can be interrogated if it is thought a student is missing but this safeguard is not foolproof as it has been known for more than one student to enter accommodation blocks when only one card has been swiped. Today more than 40% of students are foreign, representing a potential barrier to successfully communicating fire safety procedures and in particular what to do when an alarm sounds. Duncan says: "During freshers' week, all students are given detailed instructions on what to do if an alarm sounds but with the plethora of information coming at...
Magazine issue | 10 Jul 2008
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Health hazards: keeping a lid on panic
... can have in keeping employees safe. Get planning and communication right, and not only are you less likely to face problems with employee exposure to hazards, but you are also able to control the reactions of your employees, your customers, and the media! An increasing amount of organisations are employing lone workers, in all areas of industry and business. Flexible Working Regulations have enabled employees to enjoy the benefits of working from home; today's 247 culture means that more companies are open around the clock; and greater automation in industry has meant a shift from the traditional 9...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2008
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"We don't serve wheelchairs"
...miniaturised phones difficult to use, and therefore developed a phone with big buttons. Again, this is about effortless inclusion -- not only the people who found little phones hard to use bought the big button phones, but other people did as well just because it was simple to use. And it came from employing an employee who was arthritic." However, whilst BT strives to make its workforce as inclusive as possible, Wilson believes there isn't a place for positive discrimination at BT: "The only point where we have positive discrimination is that we are a `two ticks' employer. What that means is we will g...
Magazine issue | 1 Jan 2008
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Energy management special issue
...is a terrible idea. Billy Connolly makes a joke saying that the only people he can make fun of are white, British, heterosexual males. Will it get to the point that this is the only group of people who are not automatically guaranteed an interview because the company needs to hire an elderly/female/foreign person, or someone with a different colour of skin? This is a disgraceful way to operate a hiring process for any organisation. The best person should be hired for the each individual job, even if this means an all male/female, British/ foreign, younger/older workforce. Jannett Longyear -- 16:53 3...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2007
