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Occupational Health For All, For Free
Government research shows that sickness absence costs employers in Great Britain £9 billion per year and that the 131 million lost working days in a year result in Great Britain losing £15 billion in economic output. In spite of this, most employees do not have access to Occupational Health...
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Government launches new CRB check service
As part of the recruitment process or as an on-going requirement during the course of employment many employers require individuals to provide an up to date criminal record check, now known as a DBS certificate, from the Disclosure and Barring Service. For employees who regularly move from...
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Pay to Claim
As part of the Government's overhaul of employment legislation it is seeking to bring the tribunal service in line with many types of court proceedings by shifting the financial burden of dealing with claims from the tax payer to those who use the service. From 29 July 2013 the Government...
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Employment Law Reforms
2013 has already seen a whole host of consultations and policy announcements. To help you work out where employment law is going, we've put together a round up of some of the latest's reforms. The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill is due to receive royal assent in just a few weeks...
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Consultation Fuss
The government has announced today that the period of consultation required when proposing to dismiss by reason of "redundancy” 100 or more employees at one establishment is to reduce from 90 days to 45 days. This will take effect in April 2013. I do not think this is bad news for...
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