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New consultation on managing flexible working requests
A new government consultation published today (26 August) will investigate how businesses might cope with flexible working requests, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has announced.The consultation is to consider ways to raise employers’ awareness of the right to flexi...
News | 26 Aug 2008
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UK employers among top for granting flexible working
...ernment proposes to extend this right to those who are carers, for example, of an elderly relative or disabled adult. The Government consultation on these issues finishes next week on 18 April, it is hoped that the responses will help clarify the definition of what a ‘carer’ will be under the new legislation. There is currently a great deal of support for extending the right to request a flexible working pattern to parents of all children up to the age of 18, but it is not clear at present whether the Government will take this forward in the legislation. Carers UK and the Action for Carer...
News | 10 Apr 2006
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Consultation on paternity rights launched
...athers want to play a more active role in bringing up their children and many mothers want to return to work. We want to ensure that parents have choice in who looks after their children and can decide how to best balance working with family responsibilities. This is why the Government introduced a new right of up to six months paternity leave if the mother returns to work. "This consultation seeks views on how the additional leave and pay scheme will work in practice and how it can be as straightforward as possible for employees and their employers." The consultation sets out proposals to ...
News | 9 Mar 2006
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2009: new beginnings
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network 2009: new beginnings Including our essential guide to workplace regulation in the New Year NEW YEAR spEciAl issUE DECEMBER 08/JANUARY 09 Issue 43 Energy performance certificates: The biggest challenge of 2008? Page 22 Death of the temp Why new laws threaten the future of agency workers. Page 16 put throug...
Magazine issue | 8 Dec 2008
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Reality bites: managing in a recession
...The Chancellor cannot dither over bringing back empty rates relief, says Andrew Teacher. technicaL 28 LEGAL upDATE In-depth technical guidance on: alternatives to redundancy; proposed changes to the Construction Act; and Energy Performance Certificates in educational establishments. Workplace Law News 24 26 CLINIC 09 mAINTENANCE: AN OppORTuNITy fOR COST SAvING? Facilities management service providers need to be creative to meet the needs of demanding clients, argues FMA Director General, Maurice Tidy. 20 ThE hEyDAy ChALLENGE: RETIRE WhEN yOu WANT TO! A decision in the legal challenge to the U...
Magazine issue | 6 Nov 2008
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Government Announces New 'No Surprises' Employment Relations Legislation
...ership. The Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech last week, is the result of an evidence-based review of the Employment Relations Act 1999, which ends today with the publication of the Government's conclusions. The Bill would also implement the TUC/CBI framework agreement on Information and Consultation, giving employees the chance to be informed and consulted on management decisions affecting their future, including: employment prospects; changes in work organisation or contractual relations, including redundancies and transfers; and economic prospects for their industry. It woul...
News | 3 Dec 2003
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Fathers working flexibly in private sector less stressed
New research from Working Families and Lancaster University Management School has suggested that fathers working flexibly in the private sector have better physical and psychological health, are less stressed and more committed to their employer. Fathers working flexibly in the publi...
News | 24 May 2011
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Questions remain as the Government publishes consultation paper on equality for agency workers
...erm `agency worker' throughout, so the same terminology is used below, along with `hirer' to mean the hiring company or end-user. Who will the regulations cover? The Government is advocating that only those workers placed with a hirer in the context of an employment business will be covered by the new agency worker regulations in due course, including those commonly referred to as `temps'. This appears to accord with the Directive, which aims to protect those who are under the `supervision and direction' of the hirer and reflects the definition of an employment business provided by section 13, E...
News analysis | 12 May 2009
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Headache? Try new and improved law and regulation!
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network HeadacHe? Try NEW improvEd laW aNd rEgulaTioN! longer lasting Fast acting Increased holiday allowance Dispute resolution simplified again New formula CORGI becomes Gas Safe Register and much more ... APRIL UPDATE sPEcIAL IssUE APRIL 2009 Issue 46 Ian Fielder: BIFM Chief Executive on the challenges for the f...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2009
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Working Better: new solutions for the modern workforce
In July 2008 the Equality and Human Rights Commission launched 'Working Better', a new policy initiative to explore how the needs of employers can be matched with the aspirations of employees. The aim of the initiative was to create a more balanced and effective work environment – one that fits today's workforce. As part of EHRC’s initial consultations, they spoke to employers a...
News | 30 Mar 2009
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48: How the 48-hour working week could push employers to the max
... R v. Chargot Limited. Page 28 NEBOSH National General Certificate: choose your direction STUDY OVER 10 WEEKS Contents In this issue ... LATEST 05 EDITORIAL The worlds of health and safety, employment and premises management are forever changing, but it is not often we have a day where breaking news is quite as significant as on 17 December, when the European Parliament voted on proposed amendments to the Working Time Directive. CLASSROOM IN LONDON 22 FOCuS 12 48: puShING WORKING TImE TO ThE mAx? The European Parliament recently voted 421 to 273 in favour of amendments tabled for the Worki...
Magazine issue | 5 Feb 2009
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Time off to take part – a new Government consultation
© Workplace Law Group 2008 All rights reserved Time off to take part a new Government consultation Time off to take part - a new Government consultation Currently employees are entitled to time off work to carry out a number of roles which include justice of the peace (magistrate) or a member of a local authority, police authority, any statutory tribunal, a relevant heal...
News analysis | 26 Sep 2008
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Perk of the job? Managing the risks faced by loneworkers
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Perk of the job? managing the risks faced by loneworkers LONEWORKING SPECIAL JUNE 2008 Issue 38 Interview: Social Services on methods to protect loneworkers from danger. Page 18 Legal update: Managing the employment relationship with remote workers. Page 28 Missing presumed dead What really happened to loneworking estate agent Suzy Lamplugh? Page...
Magazine issue | 5 Jun 2008
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Consultation launched over Additional Paternity Leave and Pay proposals
Employment Relations Minister Jim Fitzpatrick today (14 May) set out new paternity leave proposals being developed by the Government, which allow a father to use the remainder of a mother’s maternity leave if she does not use it all up. Publishing the latest consultation on the proposals, Fitzpatrick said: "We know that people want greater flexibility to better ...
News | 14 May 2007
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New and updated Policies and Procedures from Workplace Law Group!
..., and when the title is updated, the update is free within 12 months of your purchase. There are 21 policies in the series to date, covering all aspects of employment law, from risk assessment to discrimination, from health and safety to data protection, from flexible working to redundancy. New legislation Over the last 12 months a great deal of legislation has come in affecting employers directly, and all Workplace Law’s Policies and Procedures have been updated to reflect this. Changes have recently taken effect in the area of Work and Families, with increases in maternity, pa...
News | 30 Apr 2007
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6 April – Are you prepared for the new legislation?
...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 under new Work and Families legislation. A carer is defined as an employee who is, or expects to be, caring for an adult who is married to, or the partner or civil partner of, the employee; is a near relative of the employee; or falls into neither category but lives at the same address as the employee. more ...
News | 5 Apr 2007
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Legal requirement to consult staff to be extended
As of 6 April 2007, companies with between 100 and 149 staff will be required to share more company information with their employees under the Information and Consultation of Employee Regulations. Under the new regulations, employees will have the right to be: informed about the company's economic situation; informed and consulted about employment prospects; and informed and consulted about decisions likely to lead to substantial changes in work organisation or contractual relations. ...
News | 24 Jan 2007
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Energy management special issue
...ing a sustainable workplace, is one that is growing in importance as energy efficiency gets placed on the business agenda. But can an FM juggle becoming sustainable with keeping employees involved and happy? Patrick Dye finds out. Every little helps ... 20 Tesco is leading the way in exploiting renewable sources of energy, in line with aims highlighted in the Government's 2006 Energy Review. Katy Brown explores the actions the retailer has taken to make stores more environmentally friendly. Energy performance of buildings 25 Mick Dalton, Immediate Past Chair of the BIFM, looks at legislation ...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2007
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Work and Families Bill receives Royal Assent
Businesses are set to benefit from a package of measures designed to make life easier for employers, while thousands of working parents stand to benefit from new rights to more maternity and paternity leave and pay after the Work and Families Bill received Royal Assent. Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling said: "Thousands of working families and carers are set to benefit from the legislation. The Government recognises the difficulties many f...
News | 22 Jun 2006
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Old git, or still work fit?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace FEBRUARY 2006 ISSUE 14 Taking the p*ss Are you testing employees' urine? A waste of energy New legal duties to switch it off! Old git Or still work-fit? Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - business IN EVERY ISSUE: EMPLOYMENT LAW, HEALTH & SAFETY, PREMISES MANAGEMENT CONTENTS Leg...
Magazine issue | 1 Feb 2006
