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Hi,
It’s the time of year when many of our employees are off on holiday and so you may be considering employing some young workers during the school holidays – have a look at the do’s and don’ts of employing young people. We’ve had several questions recently regarding the use or not of probationary periods and also on rehabilitation periods for offenders when their conviction is spent.
The default retirement age looks likely to be scrapped with effect from October 2011 following a consultation period that will run until 21st October, 2010. For a summary see our article below, or to access the consultation document, click here
Finally, we have the latest tribunal claim figures up a staggering 56% on last year.
As ever, your feedback is always appreciated so please do let us know if there’s anything else you would like to see in our e-Bulletin.
Kind regards,
Angela
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| Benefits of Probationary Periods |
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There’s no legal requirement to use probationary periods but they can be a useful management tool provided they are well structured and properly implemented.
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Employment of Young Persons
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The summer holidays are traditionally the time when companies take on young people to cover annual leave.
Click here to see the restrictions you need to be aware of.
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Significant Rise in Tribunal Claims
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The recently published tribunal statistics for 2009/10 show that claims submitted by employees during the last year have increased by a massive 56% on the previous year.
Click here for more information.
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| Rehabilitation Periods |
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Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, a conviction will become spent after a specified time period has elapsed allowing a prospective employee to be treated for most purposes as if the conviction had never happened.
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| Retirement Age Abolished |
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The Government has announced it will remove the default retirement age (DRA) of 65 with effect from April 2011.
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In Closing
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As always, I love to receive your feedback and I'd be especially grateful if you could forward this email onto anyone you think would benefit from keeping abreast of the latest changes to HR law? (If you've been forwarded this email, you can subscribe to receive it every month by emailing or visiting our website)
Thank you once again, and for now I wish you all the best.
Kind regards,
Angela Rhodes
Crispin Rhodes Ltd
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About Us
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Crispin Rhodes is a specialist human resources company that offers a wide range of cost effective HR services, tailored to the needs of small and medium size businesses.
We provide advice and tailored service packages embracing recruitment, HR policies and procedures, discipline and grievance, sickness, terms and conditions of employment, maternity, paternity and adoption, redundancy, psychometric testing and one to one personal development.
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Your Questions Answered
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Q: Is it okay for us as an employer to make contact with our employee when she is off on long-term sickness absence?
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A: We would strongly recommend that an employer keeps in touch with an employee who is absent on long-term sick leave to ...
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