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  1. Will extended time off entitlements encourage volunteering?

    Workers could be granted more time off to participate in local volunteering roles under new Government plans unveiled this week.Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has announced a wish to modernize the list of activities that entitles people to time off from work, making it easier for more employees to help their local communities.It...

    News | 25 Sep 2008

  2. Government announces shared parental leave plans

    ... cope with yet more red tape. “Business is not against the principle of shared parental leave, but how is an employer expected to plan and arrange cover with this fully flexible system? This is too difficult for small businesses to deal with, and could prevent them from taking on staff at a time when they are expected to create wealth and jobs. The rigid rules Nick Clegg refers to and plans to abolish are the very same rules needed by business to help them plan. “This is yet another example of rushed thinking. It suggests that the Government is out of touch with how to support busin...

    News | 18 Jan 2011

  3. A popular day for a sickie?

    ...hree million workers - amounting to 10% of the British workforce - won't return to their jobs until next Monday. This, it says, is part of a growing trend for workers to take more - and longer - holidays, especially during the winter. It also raises the issue that, while many workers will take this time off officially, a large proportion will pull a ‘sickie’ in order to stay at home. The 2006 CBI / AXA Absence Survey suggested that a ‘culture of absenteeism’ still exists in too many workplaces. As many as 13% of days lost to sickness in 2005 were considered non-genuine by employers at ...

    News | 2 Jan 2007

  4. In-depth article: 7/7 a year later – what have businesses learnt?

    ...ard contain? And how will it help businesses? Have businesses learnt anything from 7/7, or is it easier to ignore the lessons? By Peter Power It was a new threat, with a new response making all of us live in a sort of new normal. Or was it? Although 12 months ago was the first time suicide bombers hit the UK causing the police to change from Dixon to Darth Vader overnight and Londoners at least to look at normality in a new way, have we really learnt anything? In the finance sector for example, a lot of business continuity (BC) preparations were already in place. Indeed, ...

    News | 7 Jul 2006

  5. Thirty years since last bank holiday was created

    ...irement for staff to have bank holidays off.  However, if employers require employees to work bank holidays, then this should be stated quite clearly in the terms and conditions of employment."An employer can include bank holidays as part of an employee’s holiday entitlement.  Under the Working Time Regulations, an employee is currently entitled to receive 24 days’ holiday which is inclusive of public and bank holidays. This will increase on 1 April 2009 to 28 days (inclusive of public and bank holidays). There are eight public and bank holidays in the year, therefore by 1 April 2009, emp...

    News | 1 May 2008