Changes to rehabilitation periods for spent convictions
Publication date: 08.01.2024
Article database » Recruitment » Recruitment
The law changed on 28 October 2023 to reduce the length of time that prospective employees must, on request, declare criminal convictions to employers in England and Wales. Do the changes
affect our Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy?
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Shop workers and opting out of Sunday working
Publication date: 08.01.2024
Article database » Terms and conditions of employment » Sunday working
Shop workers have the right to object to working on Sundays by giving you a signed and dated opting-out notice. We’ve produced a new notice for the employee to use which highlights the consequences
of their actions. What are they?
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Q&A - reform of flexible working provisions
Publication date: 08.01.2024
Article database » Flexible working » Flexible working
Q&A - reform of flexible working provisions..Q. What are all the relevant changes to the current statutory flexible working provisions that will take effect in summer 2024? A. The Employment
Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 is expected to come into force in approximately July 2024 and it will amend the existing flexible working legislation...
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Q&A - proposals dropped to merge leave
Publication date: 08.01.2024
Article database » Holidays » Annual leave
Q&A - proposals dropped to merge leave..Q. I thought the government had proposed to merge the four weeks’ statutory annual leave entitlement with the additional 1.6 weeks’ annual leave, to
create a single pot of 5.6 weeks. What’s the latest on that proposal? A. The government has decided to drop that proposal and instead the two...
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Setting out internal secondment terms
Publication date: 08.01.2024
Article database » Contracts » Clauses and agreements
If you agree that an employee can temporarily work elsewhere in your business, use our new letter to confirm the terms of their internal secondment. What’s in it?
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Accrued annual leave and maternity leave
Publication date: 08.01.2024
Article database » Holidays » Annual leave
The Working Time Regulations 1998 were amended with effect from 1 January 2024 to reform some of the rules on annual leave and holiday pay. What’s changed and how does this impact our Maternity
Policy?
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Should you have a code of conduct?
Publication date: 08.01.2024
Article database » Company rules » Conduct whilst on company business policy
If employees have issues with behaving in a professional and courteous way at work, you may want to consider putting in place a code of conduct. We’ve drafted a basic one for you to use. What is it
and what does it say?
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Cleaning with compressed air
Publication date: 12.01.2018
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Cleaning with compressed air..Q. Our staff clean the dust from their clothes using compressed air. Is this likely to cause any problems? A. This is an outdated practice which must not be permitted.
Firstly, compressed air should never be directed at skin as the air can enter the bloodstream and kill. Secondly, cleaning any dusty surface with compressed...
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Acid attack first aid
Publication date: 12.01.2018
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Acid attack first aid..Understand and prepare. Statistics show that robberies and revenge attacks involving acid are increasing with the total number exceeding 500 in 2016/17. In November 2017 the
Metropolitan Police Service led a multi-agency exercise to prepare hospitality businesses for acid attacks. How should you brief your staff? First response....
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HSE censures itself
Publication date: 12.01.2018
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A recent case saw the HSE take action against itself following an incident at one of its premises. What can be learned from this?
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