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Government to run employment rights campaign
The Government is preparing to launch a campaign in September this year which will raise awareness of workers’ rights. The national campaign, which will run across various media channels, will aim to raise awareness among vulnerable workers that they have a number of specific employment rights which are enforc...
News | 3 Jul 2009
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Government to run employment rights campaign
This would appear to be a good time to make this information available especially with the current economic climate and the possibilities of employee exploitation. I look forward to seeing the launch of the campaign.
Comment | 5 Jul 2009
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Government to run employment rights campaign
Complete waste of money as those economically deprived already know what they are and if they didn't have significant barriers to remaining captive in low paid marginal work they wouldn't be there in the first place...... So, what is this campaign in aid of ? Just more gov spin to make the people think they care ? Well, spose' they do but, and it's a big but, how are they gonna keep prices down for the rest of us i...
Comment | 4 Jul 2009
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Calls for Government to help crack down on ‘phoenixing’
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is calling on the Government to address concerns over companies repeatedly abusing insolvency procedures to write off debts and set up a new business – a practice known as ‘phoenixing’. In a letter to the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), the REC has drawn attention to this practice, which has been r...
News | 8 Jul 2009
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
..., Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE Fax: 0871 777 8882 Email: claire.fuller@workplacelaw.net 5 Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. www.workplacelaw.net Latest | Legal calendar Legal calendar Important diary dates for the months ahead... SEPTEMbER 2009 The Government is to launch a campaign to raise awareness of workers' rights. The national campaign, which will run across various media channels, will aim to raise awareness among vulnerable workers that they have a number of specific employment rights which are enforceable by Government, enabling citizens to as...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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Alternative to redundancy scheme proposed
The CBI is calling for the Government to introduce an Alternative to Redundancy (ATR) scheme in order to stem job losses, which it predicts could reach three million. This scheme would give organisations the choice to use the existing redundancy path, or to place an employee on ATR for a set period of up to six months. Under the p...
News | 7 Jul 2009
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Cultivating success: how to cut costs and stimulate growth
...more than 48 hours a week, but continue to have the right to reject this request or change their mind on no more than three months' written notice, without suffering any adverse treatment as a result. This will generally be viewed as a good result as the opt-out is widely used across the UK. The UK Government has consistently supported retention of the opt-out and the current economic climate means that they have been keen not to add to the burden on employers, www.workplacelaw.net Comment Workplace Law Training direct Study Centre The Working Time Regulations, as currently drafted, have caused real ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2009
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Learning at Work Day allows employees to gain wider skills
...t is more important than ever that workplaces and individuals maintain and develop their skills levels in order to adapt and thrive in the economic downturn. This year’s theme is 'Skilled for Success' – the focus on skills has already sharpened with the changing economic circumstances, and the Government has announced more money and increased flexibility for training through Train to Gain, for example. During this unsettling time for workplaces, maintaining the ability and motivation to learn and adapt quickly to change will be essential – we should all be reflecting on our skills needs both at a...
News | 14 May 2009
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Delay new laws on tips, beg hospitality employers
Employers in the hospitality industry have made a last-ditch attempt to get the Government to delay introducing new laws that will make it illegal to use tips to top up the national minimum wage. The call to the Department for Business comes as this week sees the end of a three-month consultation on the proposals. The department reports that the initial feedback from the consultation ...
News | 17 Feb 2009
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
...yment law. Accredited NEbOSh courses from Workplace Law Group 26 CLINIC Workplace Law members ask the experts for advice on working time issues. Call 0871 777 8881 "I find it hard to believe that that many people are working an average 48 hour week over 12 months myself, but that's the view the Government takes." p.20 www.workplacelaw.net quoting ref. 1843 3 NEW 2009 edition out now Latest | Editorial Editorial Comment from the Editor ... Workplace Law Group Second Floor, Daedalus House, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2RE T. 0871 777 8881 F. 0871 777 8882 Editor Claire Fuller Designer Gary Jobson...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
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DTI launches pilot project for vulnerable workers and their employers
...s straight after a heavy campaign from the TUC to protect and reinforce vulnerable employees’ rights following a “recent rash of shocking exposures of poor treatment”. Workplace Law reported on the launching of TUC’s Commission on Vulnerable Employment (CoVE) yesterday, aiming to draw the Government’s attention on Britain’s hidden exploited workers. The pilot project will enable better access for vulnerable workers to know of their full employment rights and will benefit both employers and workers by providing them information and drop in advice surgeries. Jim Fitzpatrick says that bus...
News | 1 Jun 2007
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...ONTH! Five pages of key statistics and information on employment law and health and safety. 28 CLINIC Premium members have their queries over retirement and redundancy answered by the experts. 11 TO BE GREEN, OR NOT TO BE GREEN, THAT IS THE QUESTION Facilities Manager Philip Jeffs: "I want to see governments agreeing whether global warming exists, and if so developing strategies for tackling it." 20 WORKING THROUGH THE PAIN BARRIER A controversial new report says that employees suffering with musculoskeletal disorders would be better off returning to work before they are 100% fit, rather than staying...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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How much does it cost to kill someone at work?
...ties Manager John Shaw says no one will want to be the first convicted for a "serious management failure at a senior level". 28 Technical guidance In-depth guidance on: the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill; Directors' liability insurance; and energy performance of buildings: the Government's white paper. 18 Named and shamed: the top 20 in health and safety failures We reveal details of the 20 cases that attracted the most hefty fines since proposal of corporate manslaughter legislation in 1996. 32 Clinic Members raise concerns that remain following the introduction of the smoking...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2007
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Government aims to improve safety of those who drive for work
...nversation". Ladyman comments: “Tough deadlines can push you over the speed limit, and distractions like the boss calling you on your mobile can take your attention off the road. Simple measures which anyone can adopt will make a real difference, and that's what our new campaign is about. "Government research shows that around 200 fatalities and serious injuries involving somebody at work occur on our roads every week. Our message to drivers is that good driving is also safe driving, and employers must take responsibility for managing the safety of their staff when out on the road." The THI...
News | 5 Mar 2007
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Close employment law ‘loopholes’ to protect vulnerable workers, says TUC
... workers. The TUC has highlighted that many of these are migrant workers, while others are home workers, some work for employment agencies and some work cash in hand. Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary, commented: “Many vulnerable workers are not getting their legal rights. Last year the government recovered more than £3 million from criminal employers not paying the minimum wage. We estimate that at least 150,000 people - and possibly a lot more - are not getting the minimum wage. “Even more are not getting their proper paid holiday rights. Even the official Labour Force Survey shows th...
News | 11 Sep 2006
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Will employer reluctance hinder the Government’s ‘back to work’ campaign?
The CIPD have warned that Government plans to move people off incapacity benefits and into work must take into account the reluctance of employers to recruit the long-term sick. As Workplace Law reported yesterday [24 January] Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton has revealed proposals to encourage more people claiming incapacity...
News | 25 Jan 2006
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Religious beliefs: should employers cater for all faiths?
...ms - to be their religion. This revelation was, of course, a hoax. According to the Office for National Statistics, an internet campaign was to blame for the false findings of the Census, having claimed - wrongly - that if enough people quoted `Jedi' on their Census forms, it would receive official government recognition. The BBC even joined in the campaign - reportedly encouraging people to `do it because you love Star Wars... or just to annoy people.' The result was that 390,000 of the 52,000,000 people in England and Wales entered `jedi' as their religion on the census form. While little more than a ...
Magazine issue | 1 May 2005
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No smoking? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit
...portant diary dates for the six months ahead CONTENTS LETTERS Workplace Law Magazine readers comment on and argue against the legal developments affecting workplace management NO SMOKING? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit CODE OF CONDUCT The Code of Conduct has had little impact and Government is likely to follow through threats to legislate, Catherine Edwards reports SEXUAL POLITICS You would never dream of allowing an employee to be referred to in a racist manner, so why treat someone of a different sexual orientation to the same sort of abuse, asks Alan Masson P18 P14 MUDDLING ALON...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2005
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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 regulations can be improved, simplified or even abolished. Examples of regulations the Government is seeking views on include the rules on collective redundancies, employment agencies, immigration checks, ...
News | 3 Oct 2011
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Business groups question Government’s red tape commitment
Business groups have questioned the Government’s commitment to cutting red tape, following the announcement of its Modern Workplaces consultation. The consultation includes plans to introduce a new system of flexible parental leave from 2015, extend the right to request flexible working to all, and force companies found guilty of gender pay...
News | 17 May 2011
