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New duty to publish family friendly policies
December 20, 2018In October 2018 it was reported that the government is considering forcing employers to publish their parental leave and pay policies. How likely is this to happen and will you be affected? Transparent policy The Department for Business,...
What the current National Living Wage is, what it means, and how it is going to change
December 20, 2018What is it? First thing’s first, let’s clear up the confusion regarding the difference between the National Minimum Wage, National Living Wage and the ‘real living wage’. The terms are often used interchangeably, but there is a s...
Warning over 60 days sickness was discriminatory
December 20, 2018The employment appeal Tribunal has held that a disabled employee who received a warning for taking 60 days sickness absence suffered unlawful discrimination. Why? Background facts Mrs O Connor (O) commenced work with DL Insurance service...
Making wage deductions for the cost of training
December 20, 2018When an employee leaves employment, you might wish to recover the cost of any external training they recently undertook. When are you legally able to recoup training costs and can you do this by making deductions from the employee’s fi...
Festive opening hours
December 19, 2018We’d like to take the opportunity to thank all customers for their support throughout 2018. Our opening hours over the festive period are as follows: Monday 24th December – 12.30pm close Thursday 27th December – Normal Hours Friday...
Smacked in the face by a stegosaurus
December 11, 2018I’m not sure how many will be able to directly relate to the trigger for this story, but I was recently smacked in the face by a stegosaurus, and to make matters worse it was my fault, I would even go so far as to say I asked for it to...
Work at height rescue planning
December 2, 2018The Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG) has published new guidance on the rescue of persons from MEWPs (Mobile Elevating Work Platforms). Whenever such equipment is used there is always the risk of persons in the work platform bec...
Setting a limit for diesel exhaust emissions
December 2, 2018The European Parliament has announced that an agreement has been reached to set workplace exposure limits for diesel engine exhaust emissions and five additional carcinogens: trichloroethylene, 4,4-methylenedianiline, epichlorohydrine, e...
Reforming RIDDOR
December 2, 2018The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 require employers and others to report and keep records of work related accidents causing death or certain serious injuries, certain occupational diseases, an...
MOT reminder service extended to lorries and busses
December 2, 2018The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have announced that their MOT reminder service for cars and bikes has now been extended to include lorries, buses and lorry trailers. To sign up for the service you will need the vehicle’s...
Maintaining buses, coaches and lorries
December 2, 2018The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) have recently published and updated their Guide to maintaining roadworthiness Commercial goods and passenger carrying vehicles. The guide gives advice on It includes guidance on daily checks...
Lets talk about stress
December 2, 2018Latest statistics released by the HSE show that around 595,000 workers were reported to be suffering from work related stress, depression or anxiety in 2017/18, leading to 15.54 million lost working days. This represents over half of all...
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