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  1. Call for clarity for employers over royal wedding day off

    ... Commons debate yesterday, former Europe Minister and Labour MP for Rotherham, Denis MacShane, said guidance issued by the House of Commons library said that employers can refuse to give staff the day off on 29 April to celebrate Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton. He said: “May we have a clarifying statement from the Prime Minister on the royal wedding bank holiday? Everyone is looking forward to that joyous occasion, royalists and republicans alike, but the Library has issued a worrying note saying that employers do not have to give the day off and can dock pay or insist tha...

    News | 14 Jan 2011

  2. Government calls for ‘smarter EU regulation’

    ...centrate on creating that growth if you’re constantly worrying about red tape. “With many business regulations originating in Brussels, I am pleased to see the Commission explaining how it plans to work towards smart regulation, but promises must be kept. “The Commission also needs to have the courage to go further where necessary to cut bureaucracy and make a real difference to the bottom line of businesses across Europe. “The Government is working to break the habit of regulation in the UK, freeing businesses to realise their potential for growth. In the coming years I’d ...

    News | 11 Oct 2010

  3. Employers urged to check candidates’ qualifications

    ...ake place on 18 October.  Sharma’s fraud was only discovered after a consultant who worked with her raised concerns about her lack of skills and knowledge, prompting the GDC and NHS Counter Fraud Service to investigate. They found that the Indian education establishment where she claimed to have studied had no record of her graduating or ever attending. Barry Hetherington, Director of employment screening firm Know Your Candidate, said: “This case illustrates perfectly why employers and recruitment firms need to make qualification checks directly with education establishments, no ...

    News | 7 Oct 2010

  4. Secret vetting: data protection breaches and lessons for employers

    ...r 40 construction companies. The invoices appeared to be for services relating to `employment checks'. The Commissioner's Office issued a press release after serving the enforcement notice on Monday 16 March, and the Commissioner has opened a helpline to individuals who were on the database and may have been affected by its use. As a result of this raid and the opening of the helpline, construction companies are bracing themselves for interest by the Commissioner, enquiries from customers and clients, subject access requests from those who fear they might have been affected, possible grievances f...

    News analysis | 25 Mar 2009

  5. Gamekeeper's death could have been avoided if risks had been assessed

    While the accident at Philiphaugh involved an employee working on an Estate, its principles are relevant to all those who have responsibility for keeping their loneworkers safe.Sheriff Gilmour’s determination in relation to the death of Douglas Armstrong on the Philiphaugh Estate in 2004 has now finally become available. The Fatal Accident Inquiry followed on from the 2006 criminal prosecution of the Trustees of the Phil...

    Case | 19 Sep 2008

  6. Redundancy - the golden rules for employers

    ...mployee they are at risk of redundancy, not that they are redundant. Beware of calling it redundancy when it is really a dismissal on performance grounds. If you ask the employee to stay at home during the consultation process, don't close their email account and tell clients or customers that they have left. Choose your selection pool carefully – the employee has a right to know what it is. Put together a proper matrix of criteria by which to score the "at risk" pool – the employee has a right to see their own scores. Take someone else to meetings with you to take notes (and to be a witness l...

    News | 17 Jul 2008

  7. Employers’ responsibility for vehicle maintenance: how far does it go?

    ...ith corporate manslaughter if it can be proved that management failures contributed to an employee's death. Because of this health and safety obligations need to be considered carefully, and one area that can often be overlooked is vehicle maintenance. So what requirements do employers and managers have to make sure company vehicles are kept in a roadworthy condition? Workplace Law Network spoke to David Faithful, Consultant Solicitor with law firm Lyons Davidson and fleet risk management experts Essential Risk Consultancy: How much responsibility rests with the employer when it comes to vehicle m...

    News analysis | 23 May 2008

  8. Major survey of driving at work policies underway

    ...ed at this week’s Fleet Business Show, to find the strengths and weaknesses of UK companies’ driving at work policies. Conducted by Kwik-Fit Fleet and Roadsafe, which is a partnership of Government, industry and road safety professionals, the survey will look at the actions that fleet managers have taken to reduce their organisation’s risk exposure in light of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act. According to figures from Workplace Law’s Driving at Work 2008: Special Report; driving on business is the most dangerous task employees undertake in their working life. Depart...

    News | 1 May 2008

  9. Driving at work: fleet managers speak out

    ...rivers on the road? And how are managers coping with the amount of legislation designed to bring this figure? Workplace Law Network surveyed a number of fleet managers to find out their views: Legislation and schemes Generally there was a positive response, with the majority of managers saying they have, to date, encountered few problems resulting from legislation such as the smoking ban, and bans on mobile phones, and a high level of awareness regarding the Corporate Manslaughter Act. It is probable that, with the sheer amount of legislation that has come in affecting driving at work over the las...

    News analysis | 25 Apr 2008

  10. Employers banned from running a business after driving at work accident

    Two men have been banned from running businesses after one of their employees, who worked excessive hours, was killed in a crash. Raymond Knapman was given a ten-year ban and Robert Legg five years at an Exeter Employment Tribunal, following an application by the Department of Trade and Industry under the Emp...

    News | 23 May 2007

  11. Are your employees who they say they are?

    Employers are failing to spot lies or expanded truths found on prospective employees’ CVs. As a result, employers are selecting candidates who may not have the pre-requisite skills required for the job. A poll conducted by the video recruitment website www.jobs2view.com showed that a third of British workers admitted to lying on their CV. The most common lie is about qualifications and grades, information which can easily be verified by requesting...

    News | 9 May 2007

  12. Driving at work warning as employer found liable for crash

    Businesses that have employees who drive for work are being warned to ensure they do not have a long hours culture after a firm was found liable for a road accident in which one of its workers was paralysed. Michael Eyres was left paralysed by an accident that occurred when he momentarily fell asleep at the wheel. ...

    News | 26 Apr 2007

  13. 6 April – Are you prepared for the new legislation?

    Along with 1 October, tomorrow (6 April) has been designated a Common Commencement Date, dates on which most major government departments have all agreed to introduce major legislative changes, in order to give businesses greater awareness of regulatory changes and make implementing the changes more efficient. The key changes are summarised below: Employment The right to request flexible working has been extended to carers u...

    News | 5 Apr 2007

  14. Fleet issues – tough new penalties for mobile phone use

    ...t's new proposals would lower the need for this seniority of officer and the threshold of the severity of the accident. Employers and fleet managers need to be aware of the change as more and more people are using their mobiles for work purposes, this means that businesses should ensure that they have the correct policies and procedures in place to convey what is and isn't appropriate usage. This is especially important when you consider that recent research has suggested that seven million drivers believe they are not distracted by using a hand-held mobile phone when behind the wheel of a car...

    News | 27 Feb 2007

  15. Exaggerated CVs mean need for careful pre-employment checks

    New research has suggested that many employees are happy to exaggerate or have inaccurate information on their CV’s. This type of attitude makes it important for employers to carry out proper checks on job applicants and have procedures in place for recruiting staff. According to BackgroundChecking.com, one in 20 people don’t think it’s important to be accurate on CVs...

    News | 17 Jan 2007

  16. Criminal records: who, where and how?

    ... Sir David Normington, the Home Office's permanent secretary, alleges that neither he nor any other ministers knew about the backlog until last week. An unnamed senior civil servant, who supposedly did know, has been suspended after offering information to the inquiry. A team of police officers have been cross checking with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to discover if any of the most dangerous offenders, of which there were 525, have applied for jobs working with children or vulnerable groups. It was confirmed this week that four drug offenders and a people smuggler had applied to work...

    News | 16 Jan 2007

  17. Breaking the sound barrier at work

    ...he workplace. RNID's telephone hearing check is a simple and non-intrusive way of finding out whether digital hearing aids and practical changes to your work environment could help you stay in work. The helpline can be contacted on 0845 6005555. Under the Disability Discrimination Act employers have a duty to provide reasonable adjustments for employees who have a disability; this could also apply to employees who have difficulty with their hearing. In thse cases reasonable adjustments might include simple solutions such as amplified telephones and loop systems for hearing aid users. The hea...

    News | 4 Jan 2007

  18. BA employee loses appeal over wearing cross at work

    ...claims that, after undergoing training on respecting and understanding other people's beliefs, she was effectively "forced" to take unpaid leave after refusing to conceal the cross she wore. It has been reported that after a meeting with her managers in September, she was told in a letter: “You have been sent home because you have failed to comply with a reasonable request. You were asked to cover up or remove your cross and chain which you refused to do.” BA denied it banned the wearing of crosses saying that its uniform policy states that items of jewellery, such as crosses, can be worn ...

    Case | 21 Nov 2006

  19. Working time judgement: what impact will it have?

    ...In its judgement the ECJ ruled that the UK’s guidelines: "are liable to render the right of workers to daily and weekly rest periods meaningless because they do not oblige employers to ensure that workers actually take the minimum rest periods.” The question is: just how much impact will this have on employers? In the days since the judgement there have been a variety of opinions expressed. Kirsty Ayre, Pinsent Masons Employment Partner, comments: "I think that employers are not going to have to change their practice much. I don't think that employers are as a result of this judgment g...

    News | 12 Sep 2006

  20. Government attacked for ‘ignoring’ illegal workers

    Reports from employers about possible illegal workers are sometimes being ignored by the Immigration Service, new research claims. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) claims that its members do not have adequate support from the Home Office when it comes to following up cases of suspected illegal workers. A survey by the REC shows that 77% of agencies have seen identity papers and work permits they suspect to be false. Around three in ten agencies found the Immigration Service’s reporting sys...

    News | 17 Aug 2006

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