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Grinding to a halt: Why Government policy risks bringing business to a standstill
... CB2 1LQ. Fax: 0871 777 8882 Email: sara.bean@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... JANUARy 2011 From 1 January, employers that deliberately flout minimum wage laws will be publicly named on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) website, and in press releases. The new scheme will allow employers three months to rectify the situation. Employment Relations Minister, Edward Davey, said: "Bad publicity can be a powerful weapon in the f...
Magazine issue | 4 Jan 2011
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Open for Business
...popular amongst most of the leading employers' bodies, and just this week a research study by law firm, Dickinson Dees, revealed that 73% of HR professionals in the UK believe that employment is excessively regulated. Both the Tories and the Lib Dems have promised to keep workplace regulations to a minimum, and we outline their suggestions in the feature. We were keen to discover what Workplace Law members felt about business regulation, and the results of our poll on p. 22 show that nearly three-quarters feel there is too much regulation currently in place. Respondents made a number of interesting s...
Magazine issue | 4 May 2010
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Dealing with bogus claimants
...ally, only one request can be made in any 12 month period. (Note that there are separate training rights for 16-18 year olds.) Employers do not have to pay for the training / study, nor is there any requirement to pay the employee during time off for training (subject to any working time / national minimum wage considerations). Employers are encouraged to read the latest Government guidance, which can be accessed at www.businesslink.gov.uk timetotrain in order to prepare for the roll out of the new right in April 2010. Employers should also give consideration to formulating a policy including such co...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2010
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The world in your hands?
.... He was alleged to have spent "hundreds of hours" on porn and gambling sites over the years. Mr Stewart argued that he viewed porn to take his mind off his gambling addiction and that this addiction should be viewed as an illness. 25417 Gangmaster's licence revoked after workers receive less than minimum wage A Lincolnshire gangmaster has had his licence revoked after misleading the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) and breaching a variety of licensing standards, including making illegal deductions from workers' wages, and paying less than the minimum wage. Mr Nuno Moitinho, the Director of Som...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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Changes to Workplace Law Magazine
...dismissal and redundancy payments, and payments made by the Secretary of State out of the National Insurance Fund on an employer's insolvency, from £350 to £380 per week. 19847 OCTObER 2009 1 October 2009 is a common commencement date: all of the following come into effect on 1 October. National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2009 come into force The National Minimum Wage will rise from £5.73 per hour to £5.80 per hour. The development rate will increase from £4.77 per hour to £4.83 per hour, whilst the rate for employees aged 16 to 17 increases from £3.53 to £3.57 per...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2009
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
...882 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... fEbRuARy 2009 The Low pay Commission is due to announce any changes to the National minimum Wage. 17755 mARCh 2009 New Regulations for the progressive phasing out of incandescent light bulbs are due to be adopted by the European Commission. These Regulations will set minimum energy efficiency and functionality requirements, and will also take into account consumer expectations in terms o...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
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2009: new beginnings
...n was involved in developing significant new European employment legislation regulating maternity rights, working time and rights for temporary workers. During his previous reincarnation as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in the late 1990s, he also oversaw the introduction of the National Minimum Wage and made it clear that he saw employment legislation as a means of introducing an "element of fairness" into the labour market. However, what Mandelson did not bank on was returning to Government at a time of economic crisis. He appears to be well aware that, at a time when employers are strug...
Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008
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Killing time
...administration. PAWA proposes some significant changes to the OHS Act: · 8.5 million American workers Number killed currently not covered by OSHA's protections would be brought under the umbrella of the Act. Civil penalties issued by OSHA, which have not changed since 1990, would be increased to a minimum of US $50,000 for a worker's death caused by a wilful violation (and a maximum of US $250,000). Employers would be more likely to face criminal charges where workplace fatalities occur. So-called whistleblower protection would be improved. The law would make it the employer's clear responsibility t...
Magazine issue | 27 Feb 2008
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Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
...FETY IS NO LONGER A DOGMA!" Facilities management firm Emprise has reversed attitudes to health and safety through thorough training for each and every individual. 08 CASE LAW n Council criticised after hiring private detectives to follow a sick employee n Nursery owner first to be prosecuted over minimum wage n Man who filed tribunal paperwork 88 seconds late has claim thrown out 16 THE RISING COST OF EMPLOYEES Employing people just got more expensive, with rises in the minimum wage, increased holiday entitlement and extended maternity/paternity rights. Small companies such as care agency Acme Car...
Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007
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London’s burning, where’s the engine?
...ilica will change from 0.3mgm -3 to 0.1mgm -3. The HSE is currently consulting on revisions to other exisiting WELs as well as the introduction of new ones. For more information on this consultation, and how employers could be affected, see p.28. Employment law On 1 October changes to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) will take effect. The adult minimum wage rate will rise from £5.05 to £5.35 an hour and the youth rate for workers aged 18 to 21 will be increased from £4.25 to £4.45. The Government has also accepted the recommendation of the Low Pay Commission that the rate for workers aged 1617 ...
Magazine issue | 1 Oct 2006
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Licence to… protect your workplace?
...opt a risk-based approach to licensing, reflecting risk criteria in the directive. Certain types of work where exposure to asbestos will only be `sporadic and low intensity' and below the control limit will not need to be done by a licensed contractor. 6708 1st On 1 October changes to the National Minimum Wage will take effect. The adult minimum wage rate will rise from £5.05 to £5.35 an hour and the youth rate for workers aged 18 to 21 will increase from £4.25 to £4.45. The Government has also accepted the recommendation of the Low Pay Commission that the rate for workers aged 1617 years shou...
Magazine issue | 1 Jun 2006
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Old git, or still work fit?
...ave staff actually living at their factories working many more hours than we are permitted? They can drive large vehicles delivering for as many hours as they wish, whereas we are restricted. They can dump their waste material where they want, whereas we have tight and strict legislation. We have a minimum wage; they don't. UK staff culture is getting to the stage of `I must cut my hours back or else it will affect my family credit'. There are many more unfair employment laws, which is crippling UK manufacturing. David Bowling Production Director Harrod UK COMPANIES IN THIS ISSUE... Alcohol Concern ...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006
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Mug’s game? Excessive risk aversion
... by way of victimisation or harassment in the workplace by reason of sexual orientation. As with other discrimination legislation, the potential compensatory award is uncapped -- a real issue for the bank, given that Lewis' compensation for his first two years of employment had been guaranteed at a minimum of £1.6m. After a brief period of confusion, following the decision of the EAT in Haddon v. Van Den Bergh Foods, it is settled law that employers aren't expected to reach the `right' answer and, provided the decision to dismiss lies within the · One of the curious features of UK litigation is ...
Magazine issue | 1 Jul 2006
