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Hi,
Well, November is with us and there’s definitely a winter chill in the air!
Lots of changes in employment legislation have hit the headlines recently – we now have confirmation of the Agency Workers’ Regulations coming into force in October, 2011, and a new package of family friendly rights coming in April 2011.
All companies, no matter what their size, will be required to provide a pension scheme being phased in from October 2012 and we have new guidelines on managing stress in the workplace.
Finally, an invitation to our seminar looking at the impact for employers of the new equal opportunity legislation under the Equality Act 2010.
Kind regards,
Angela
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| Agency Workers’ Regulations Come into Force in October 2011 |
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Many companies had hoped that the new Government would amend or scrap the controversial Agency Workers’ Regulations 2010 but a Government spokesman has confirmed this won't happen.
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| New Family Friendly Rights Announced |
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The Department for Business has announced that the right to request flexible working will be extended to all parents of children under 18 from April 2011, and will be considering whether the right should be extended to all employees.
Click here for our more details.
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| Government Agrees ALL Businesses Have to Offer Pension Schemes |
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As part of the comprehensive spending review 2010, the Government confirmed on 27th October that it will proceed with auto-enrolment for pensions from 2012 and the establishment of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).
Click here for the implications.
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| Managing Workplace Stress |
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The average level of employee absence at 3.4% of working time or 7.7 days per year has increased slightly above the previous year, with stress more regularly being cause for absence.
Click here for details of a free guide published by ACAS, the CIPD and the HSE. |
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| An Introduction to Equal Opportunity Legislation and the Equality Act 2010 |
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Crispin Rhodes is running a seminar on Tuesday, 18th January, 2011 at the De Vere Conference Centre in Newport Pagnell from 9am to 12.15pm.
Places are limited, please click here for more details. |
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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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Q:Can we contact an employee at home when they are off sick?
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A:Yes, it’s a common misconception (mainly one held by employees) that employers have no right to contact them whilst they are off work through sickness absence...
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