[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]A recent report by the Forum of Private Business (FPB) which revealed that small UK companies spend an average of 37 hours-a-month dealing with red tape. According to the report, this amounts to a total annual cost of close to £12 billion. The most costly aspects appear to be compliance with employment law, at … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Sweeping changes to employment law, introduced on 6th April, have changed the way workplace grievance and disciplinary disputes are handled and it is vital that employers understand the implications of the new Code of Practice or face the potential of more costly Tribunal awards. The changes mean the previous three-step statutory grievance and disciplinary … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]In these days of accelerating redundancy rates, it is crucial to highlight to businesses the rises in redundancy pay that came into force at the beginning of February. On 1 February, a week’s redundancy pay increased from £330 to £350, and the maximum statutory redundancy payment rose to £10,500 from £9,900. This has now … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Following the announcement of the new Equalities Bill by Equality Minister Harriet Harman, amongst other reforms businesses will be allowed to ‘positively discriminate’ in favour of female and ethnic minority job candidates if they are equal to their rivals in every other respect. However undoubtedly many employers may find it hard to decide when … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]All employers are urged to take very seriously proposed changes to the Pensions Bill, which are set to make the forthcoming new pensions regime for the UK even stricter. Due for implementation in 2012, this will see a legal requirement for every company to offer their employees the opportunity to save in a workplace … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]It has been widely reported that the right to flexible working is to be extended to include a further 4.5 million parents of children aged up to 16, amid concerns that it could damage small businesses. However, the new right is to ‘request’ flexible working – a very different proposition. There appears to be … Read more
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]“A disaster for small businesses” was how the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) greeted an announcement that, under the forthcoming EU Agency Workers Directive, temporary (or ‘agency’) workers are to be extended similar employment rights to fulltime workers after 12 weeks. According to an FSB spokesperson, “Temporary workers are a useful way of responding … Read more
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