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Employment law and HR consulting
Employment law and HR consulting
Course_code | 9 Feb 2012
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CIPD Employment Law Award
Intermediate Award in Employment Law What is the Intermediate Award in Employment Law? The 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 relati...
Course_code | 9 Feb 2012
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Most lawyers believe employment law reforms 'unworkable’
More than three-quarters (78%) of employment lawyers polled in a recent survey believe the proposed employment law reforms announced last month by Business Secretary Vince Cable will lead to a ‘hire and fire’ culture within small businesses. The poll, which was conducted by find-a-solicitor service Contact Law, also revealed that two-th...
News | 20 Dec 2011
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Does employment law need shaking up?
Does employment law need shaking up? © Workplace Law Group 2011 All rights reserved Does employment law need shaking up? Is it the economic climate or the rigors of employment law that are preventing growth within businesses? Although there are a number of conflicting views as to why companies are not growin...
News analysis | 29 Nov 2011
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Employment law shake-up: Workplace Law’s response
Following on from Vince Cable’s announcement yesterday of a shake-up of the employment law system in the UK, Tar Tumber, HR Consultant for Workplace Law, gave her views on the proposals which Cable called “the most radical reform to the employment law system for decades”. She commented: "I think that some of the proposed areas of reform could be beneficial in theory - specifical...
News | 24 Nov 2011
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Government announces employment law overhaul
Business secretary Vince Cable today announced what he called “the most radical reform to the employment law system for decades”. During a speech to EEF, the manufacturers organisation, Cable announced the results of a consultation on resolving workplace disputes and the Red Tape Challenge review of employment law. A package of measures will include an overhaul of employment tribunals, which Ca...
News | 23 Nov 2011
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Ministers call for feedback on employment law
Businesses have today been called upon by ministers to “help tackle employment-related law, bureaucracy and red tape” in the latest phase of the Employment Law Review. For the next three weeks the Red Tape Challenge will focus on more than 160 different cross-Government employment related regulations. The campaign asks for a variety of suggestions about how regula...
News | 3 Oct 2011
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Employment law no longer top regulatory burden
...te the Government's initiatives to reduce ‘red tape’. According to the survey, administering tax has become the top regulatory burden for small business owners. Tax-related regulation was deemed to be the most costly area of red tape, leaving smaller employers with a bill of £5.1bn per year. Employment law was second at £4.2bn, followed by health and safety law at £3.8bn. These results were quite different compared to the 2009 Cost of Compliance survey, which put employment law in first place, followed by health and safety in second and tax third. In all, 84% of those surveyed reported an i...
News | 26 Jul 2011
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Call for flexible new approach to employment law
The CBI has urged the Government to fundamentally rethink its approach to employment...
News | 25 Jul 2011
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Budget 2011: Implications for employment law
© Workplace Law Group 2011 All rights reserved Implications of the 2011 Budget for employment law Implications of the 2011 Budget for employment law On 23 March 2011 George Osborne delivered the Budget for 2011 and the Government's `Plan for Growth' was also published. As a result there will be changes ahead for employment law. The positive news for employers is that with the emphasis in b...
News analysis | 30 Mar 2011
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Employer’s Charter aims to dispel employment law myths
...Cameron said: "A critical element of the Government's growth strategy is to create the conditions which allow businesses, especially smaller businesses, to flourish and expand, by reducing regulation and maintaining a flexible and dynamic labour market. “Today's announcements on reforms to employment law are among the first conclusions of our government-wide growth review, and highlight our determination to ensure that employment law is no longer seen as a barrier to growth, while making sure that employees and employers are treated fairly. “Giving businesses the confidence to take on so...
News | 27 Jan 2011
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Looking ahead: Employment law developments in 2011
© Workplace Law Group 2011 All rights reserved Looking ahead: Employment law developments in 2011 Looking ahead: Employment law developments in 2011 A number of developments in employment law are due to take effect in the forthcoming months. In this briefing we report on some of the key changes. January From 1 January 2011, expenses paid in respect of travel to a temp...
News analysis | 14 Jan 2011
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Surge in those seeking employment law advice
A fifth of all enquiries in the third quarter of this year fielded by find-a-solicitor service Contact Law were from people seeking legal advice on employment-related issues, the company has reported. The number of employment-related enquiries rose 5.1% in the third quarter compared to Q2 2010, and enquiry levels were up 13.3% on the first quarter of 2010. Overall, the legal referrals website saw a 9.4% increase in legal enquiries across all areas in...
News | 28 Oct 2010
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Coalition government divided on balance of employment law
...pool, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has today published results from a survey of Members of Parliament that suggest some possible divisions within the Coalition on top business concerns. The ComRes-conducted survey found that 87% of Conservative MPs surveyed felt that the balance of employment law had shifted too far towards the employee, to the detriment of the employer. However, 71% of Liberal Democrats polled disagreed with this. Other findings on employment law included that when asked whether a short-term freeze on new employment regulations would aid job creation and economic ...
News | 20 Sep 2010
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The immigration quota: employment law issues facing sponsors
© Workplace Law Group 2010 All rights reserved The immigration quota employment law issues facing sponsors The immigration quota employment law issues facing sponsors The introduction on 19 July of an interim quota on applications submitted under Tier 2 (General) of the Points Based System means that employers who are sponsors are likely to face some new employment law cha...
News analysis | 29 Jul 2010
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New Government: New employment laws?
© Workplace Law Group 2010 All rights reserved New Government: New employment laws? New Government: New employment laws? The 2010 General Election was a landmark event. For the first time in recent history we are in the unusual position of having more than one political party with the power to shape the future of employment law. On 20 May 2010, the new Government published ...
News analysis | 26 May 2010
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Local councils to raise awareness of child employment laws
Following research that found that almost 40% of working children in the UK are employed illegally, local authorities across the UK are gearing up for a new campaign to raise public awareness. This year’s Child Employment Fortnight, which is taking place between 24 May and 4 June, is being organised by the National Network for Children in Employment and Entertainment (NNCEE), an organisation made up of people working within child employment and entertainment legislation. The law around employing children and yo...
News | 12 May 2010
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Hung parliament will have employment law implications
With the UK General Election 2010 resulting in a hung parliament, and the key parties considering the options for governing the country, employment lawyers have looked at what the various options could mean for employment law. Owen Warnock, partner at Eversheds, commented on the Default Retirement Age: “It will be interesting to see how a new coalition government – or indeed a minority Conservative government – will deal with the ant...
News | 11 May 2010
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Manifestos ‘fail to deliver on employment law reform’
All three manifestos have now been published by the major UK national political parties, and all contain employment law commitments. However, following a poll of HR professionals, law firm, Eversheds, believes these commitments will receive a lukewarm reception across the nation's workplaces. The poll found that unfair dismissal rights, employment tribunal procedure and retirement practices are the mos...
News | 15 Apr 2010
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Hays calls for employment law moratorium
Recruitment firm, Hays, has called on whichever party is elected this year to introduce a moratorium on employment legislation in order to tackle what it says are serious shortcomings in Britain’s jobs market. The manifesto, written jointly with think tank, Reform, outlines the following nine proposals:Commit to freezing and then reducing employers’ National Insurance Contributions.Limit the impact of...
News | 29 Mar 2010
