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The Employment Bill becomes the Employment Act
The Employment Bill has received Royal Assent and became the Employment Act 2008. In summary, the Act contains provisions dealing with workplace dispute resolution, the national minimum wage, employment agencies and trade union membership law.Workplace dispute resolutionThe Act: repeals the statutory d...
News | 18 Nov 2008
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The Employment Bill: simplified employment?
© Workplace Law Group 2007 All rights reserved The Employment Bill: simplified employment? The Employment Bill: simplified employment? In his pre-Queen's speech report to Parliament in July 2007, Gordon Brown trailed the Employment Bill as the Employment Simplification Bill, a title dropped by the time of the Queen's Speech in November. This week ...
News analysis | 7 Jan 2008
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“Britain’s got talent”: EHRC on the Equality Bill
Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, today said the Equality Bill will “remove the roadblocks to finding the talent to drive our economic recovery”. Responding to the publication of the Bill, Mr Phillips continued: “When the upturn comes we must be ready to ensure every great idea, every ...
News | 27 Apr 2009
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No smoking? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace March 2005 NO SMOKING? Employers face the costs of kicking the habit CODE OF CONDUCT The impact of proposed legislation on commercial leases PREGNANT PAUSE Is the extension of maternity leave a step IDENTITY CRISIS backwards for equal opportunities? The changing face of security PORN AT WORK When does downloading pornographic PLUS: Rel...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2005
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The world in your hands?
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network A new decade: It's now in your hands inSide thiS iSSue JAN/FEB 2010 Issue 52 Strike action Wonderful Copenhagen? Analysis of the discussions and decisions reached during the Climate Change conference. interview: Ali Moran, Chai...
Magazine issue | 8 Jan 2010
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Has the HSE lost its bite?
workplacelaw know-how to manage your workplace APRIL 2006 ISSUE 16 Health and safety policies and how to communicate them The Corporate Manslaughter Bill David Bergman on the CCA's objections Has the HSE lost its bite? The Executive's enforcement policy under attack Highly commended: PPA Magazine of the Year 2005 interactive business and professional Highly commended: AOP Online Publisher of the Year 2005 - busi...
Magazine issue | 1 Apr 2006
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Disability access: is it becoming clear yet?
workplacelaw CONTENTS P8 06 LEGAL CALENDAR Your opportunity to keep tabs on legal developments, events, training and conference dates coming up over the next six months 07 LETTERS Workplace Law Magazine readers air their views on the legal issues affecting their workplaces 16 08 DISABILITY ACCESS: IS IT BECOMING CLEAR YET? One year since the implementation of Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, we ask the experts for their views ...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2005
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Survival of the fit note?
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Naked truth Why the fit note isn't working inside this issue JUL/AUG 2011 Issue 61 tragic mistakes A fire expert on the unanswered questions concerning the Penhallow Hotel fire. Page 24 Comment: Workplace Law's Neil McDiarmid ad...
Magazine issue | 5 Jul 2011
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Internships – Are you breaking the law?
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Exploitation or opportunity? The net value of unpaid interns inside this issue MAY/JUN 2011 Issue 60 Wheels come off Kelvin Reynolds of the BPA on how the Government needs to clarify plans to ban wheel clamping. Page 22 Fire pr...
Magazine issue | 3 May 2011
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The Social Network – 12 years of the Workplace Law Conference
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network The NeTWORK 12 years of the Workplace Law conference inside this issue MAR/APR 2011 Issue 59 Comment: New employment lawyer group addresses sexual orientation discrimination. Page 45 Legal update: Essential guide to proposed cha...
Magazine issue | 1 Mar 2011
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Same old: has health and safety really changed after the Young review?
The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network Same old dlo emaS Has health and safety really changed after the Young Review? inside this issue NOV/DEC 2010 Issue 57 Created equal Morale boost How to motivate and engage recession-hit staff. Page 27 CPd First aid provision w...
Magazine issue | 1 Nov 2010
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The Equality Act and TUPE
© Workplace Law Group 2010 All rights reserved The Equality Act and TUPE The Equality Act and TUPE The implementation of the Equality Act 2010, this week (1 October) as the defining piece of anti-discrimination legislation in the employment arena provides a context for considering the interaction of anti-discrimination and in particular equal pay ...
News analysis | 11 Oct 2010
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ETs on the rise
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network on the rise But there are ways to navigate the Employment Tribunal process ETs inside this issue SEP/OCT 2010 Issue 56 Comment: Prevention is better than cure. Page 9 After the dRA: How retirement procedures may have to change...
Magazine issue | 1 Sep 2010
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Equality Act guidance may leave businesses baffled
Guidance being drawn up to help employers understand the Equality Act risks being baffling to smaller firms, the Forum of Private Business (FPB) has warned. The non-statutory draft guidance on the Equality Act has been drawn up by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the consultation on it closed on Friday 16 April. The FPB says ...
News | 19 Apr 2010
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Equality Bill: key elements and timescale
Last night the Equality Bill was finally approved by the House of Commons and will enter the statute book this week. The majority of the provisions in the Equality Act 2010 will come into force in October, with the implementation of some provisions being delayed until next year to allow organisations across t...
News | 7 Apr 2010
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Fit note guidance for employers published
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued guidance for employers on fit notes, which will replace sick notes in April this year. The new fit note system will mean that doctors can advise that your employee is either: unfit for work; ormay be fit for work. A doctor will ...
News | 19 Feb 2010
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The Diversity Dilemma
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network 'Tis the season... ...to treat everyone fairly? iNsiDE This issuE NOV/DEC 2009 Issue 51 A ding dong or merrily high? You'll never walk alone Health promotion campaign in Liverpool. Page 24 NEW! CPD section Expert guidance on D...
Magazine issue | 2 Nov 2009
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New vetting system to safeguard the vulnerable
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act will, this October, bring in a centralised vetting system for people banned from working with children and vulnerable adults. Employers can make online checks about potential or existing employees, with information about new individuals updated straightaway. Empl...
News | 18 Aug 2009
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Buncefield disaster: the aftermath and what you can learn from it
workplacelaw The exclusive magazine for premium members of the Workplace Law Network the aftermath and what you can learn from it BUNCEFIELD spECIaL IssUE disaster Buncefield The planner Peter Power on Olympic-sized emergencies, and what to do about them. MAY 2009 Issue 47 Evacuate! The contingency plans to sa...
Magazine issue | 5 May 2009
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Budget overview: ‘Helping people fairly’ or encouraging employers to discriminate?
© Workplace Law Group 2009 All rights reserved Budget overview: `Helping people fairly' or encouraging employers to discriminate? Budget overview: `Helping people fairly' or encouraging employers to discriminate? Employers have no doubt been waiting for the Budget to be announced with a combination of hope and trepidation. Naomi Greenwood considers whether the Government's key proposals will assist employers in tackling the downturn or whether the "extra support" being offered to tackle unemployment comes at a cost. Jobs for the long-term unemployed `...
News analysis | 24 Apr 2009
