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Stannah employee awarded
An employee of Stannah Stairlift has been awarded £6,000 after winning his disability discrimination claim because his employer refused to install a stairlift at its office. David Ratcliffe, who has chronic back problems and walks using crutches, joined the firm's head office in October last year. He had difficulty negotiating the stairs to his office on the second floor and had to go to the first floor every time he needed the toilet. When he approached Line Manager Alison Dickson...
News | 10 Jan 2007
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Will your employees be required to buy their own work computer?
... president at Gartner commented: "Transferring notebook ownership to employees does not eliminate the cost of PCs, but shifts it to employee benefits and indirect user operational costs." She noted that the payback to a company is in removing PC assets from company books. The question is: who will be responsible for ensuring that the computer is both safe and secure? Transferring ownership to employees carries risks especially if the computer contains sensitive data. Employers will still have to take measures to make sure that they comply with data protection laws. It is likely that...
News | 5 Jan 2006
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Majority of employers without social networking policy
...allenge employees to innovate. Promote the positive use of social networks by encouraging employees to come up with ways to use these tools to do their jobs better. Engagement often increases when employees feel they are contributing.Tap internal experts. Teach by example by encouraging employees who regularly use social networking in their jobs to discuss and demonstrate how it’s done. Keep track of the new ideas that flow from this kind of mentoring exchange and share the ideas and best practices.Let employees “own” the governance. The foundation of any healthy social network is an enga...
News | 18 Feb 2010
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Parking at work: the issues
....” Small businesses in particular may find it difficult to meet the increasing cost of parking at work and to keep up with the legislation. There are numerous issues and regulations, ranging from parking charges, to security, to alternative way of traveling, which employers of all businesses who provide parking facilities for their staff should consider. The subject has led to plenty of queries in the Workplace Law forum: “If the company owns the car, does the company or the driver have to pay for the parking?” “By clamping is there a possible claim under the Human Rights Ac...
News | 30 Jun 2006
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How will a smoke-free UK affect employers?
...sing Scottish employers to take; steps which English employers should take note of as they could help them prepare for 2007. "In Scotland all enclosed public spaces, which include places of work, have to be smoke free by 26 March 2006. "Previously, most employers made allowances for employees who smoked by having designated places within the workplace where the employees were permitted to smoke. Typically this included smoking rooms and external shelters. "After 26 March in the event that an employer's premises are inspected and breach of the ban discovered, Environmental Health Officers a...
News | 15 Feb 2006
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Glass ceiling ‘still a barrier’
...a more cautious approach to career opportunities. And yet we also found that younger women in particular are more likely to aspire to run their own business – they are not adjusting their expectations to the same degree when it comes to the risk of starting their own ventures. “Employers who are serious about increasing gender diversity at the top need to recognise and respond to these differences, and find ways to nurture women’s ambition. This means developing transparent talent management systems and introducing leadership career models and development approaches that flex to m...
News | 21 Feb 2011
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Report urges public sector pay cap
An interim review of fair pay in the public sector, published today, has suggested top civil servants should not be paid more than 20 times the salaries of the lowest paid staff. Will Hutton, executive vice-chairman of the Work Foundation, who was appointed by the Government to lead the review, said executive pay in the public and private sector had been rising faster than medium and low earners, creating greater pay "dispersion" over the past decade. The review found there were around 20,000 public sector employees earning over £117,0...
News | 1 Dec 2010
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Socio-economic duty scrapped
...view. This duty would require public bodies to demonstrate that they are taking action on the 'protected characteristics' such as race, disability and gender equality in policy-making, delivery of services and employment. May also announced a measure in the Freedom Bill which will allow people who were prosecuted for having consensual gay sex at a time when this was illegal to apply to have their convictions deleted from criminal records. These convictions need to be disclosed when applying for certain jobs and voluntary positions, as they will show up on a CRB check. Theresa May said:...
News | 19 Nov 2010
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The practical implications of car-sharing schemes
... is also a cost-effective means of travel for the employees. Although there are many potential benefits of this type of sustainable travel plan, it can also have a number of practical implications which employers need to prepare for and consider. David Woolcott, Workplace Law HR consultant, who adopted this scheme a couple of years ago at a major UK company says that it is important for employers to address the practical issues which arise from this scheme so that it does not cause any frustration amongst both managers and employees. Practical issues to consider If one employee (t...
News | 13 Jun 2007
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Pipe fitter and plumber exposed to asbestos
An employee who was exposed to asbestos while working at a Tyneside shipyard has been awarded more than £150,000 in compensation.Charles Cochran, 67, was exposed to asbestos while working as a plumber at the Walker Naval Yard in Newcastle and as a pipe fitter at the ICI chemical plant in Wilton, Teesside. Charle...
Case | 7 Dec 2007
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Businesses doubt the benefits of an ethnically diverse workforce
... staff; however, only a quarter did this for ethnic minority staff. Overall, few of the firms had strategies for increasing ethnic diversity internally or engaging with ethnic minority customers or suppliers, the survey reported. According to the PRIAE’s Director, Professor Naina Patel, firms who do not employ a diverse workforce are missing out. She comments: "The evidence for the benefits of ethnic diversity in the workplace is compelling. When we spoke to ethnically diverse SMEs we got the same story: diversity prompts greater awareness of business opportunities, particularly with re...
News | 21 Feb 2007
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In-depth article: 7/7 a year later – what have businesses learnt?
... terrorist attacks on 7/7. As we reach the first anniversary of the London bombings have businesses learnt lessons from the disasters of the past year? Or are they still failing to plan for disaster? This in-depth feature includes: An article from business continuity expert Peter Power, who regularly appears on CNN and the BBC commenting on business continuity issues. In his article he considers that key question: have businesses learnt anything from 7/7? There has been much research in the past year looking at whether businesses are planning for disaster, what kind of measures ...
News | 7 Jul 2006
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The Government backs ‘Slivers-of-Time’ working
The Government and the private sector are backing a new form of flexible working called 'Slivers-of-Time'. The Slivers-of-Time Programme “allows individuals to sell their 'spare hours' around other commitments to local employers who need ad hoc top-up workers,” says programme director Wingham Rowan. Writing on the Union Ideas Network website, he says: “There are millions of people in the UK who need to find work around other commitments (e.g. childcare, medical constraints, existing part-time work, caring for a depen...
News | 1 Jun 2006
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MPs urged to make health a priority
... leading medical journal has said. The Lancet has urged MPs from all parties to vote for a complete ban when the issue is put to a free vote, describing the Government's original proposals as an "ill-judged and nonsensical compromise". Last week Downing Street bowed to pressure from campaigners who claimed its plan to allow smoking to continue in English pubs that do not serve food would leave staff at these premises exposed to the dangers of passive smoking. It said MPs will be allowed a free vote on the issue when it is debated next month. In an editorial The Lancet said: “When th...
News | 20 Jan 2006
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Parking at work – are you breaking the law?
...ey will be visible to anyone using the car park. The notice must specify that wheelclamping is in operation. The cost of removal must be displayed You need to be aware that the Private Security Act has introduced a scheme which requires all persons who operate a wheelclamping regime on private land to be licensed.”
News | 17 Jan 2006
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The great pensions debate
...commendations on pension reform, which it presented last year, provide the most balanced way forward. The Turner Report was published on 30 November 2005; one of the key proposals it contained was for the idea of a new National Pension Savings Scheme (NPSS). The report suggested: People who do not belong to a workplace pension scheme would be automatically enrolled into the NPSS. Employers would be compelled to contribute to their workers' NPSS, if they do not already operate a workplace pension scheme. Under the NPSS, employees would contribute 4% of their after tax salar...
News | 6 Apr 2006
