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Director Feels the Heat after Premises Fire
Friday, 17 February 2012
Overview You may recall last year, we informed you there are still many employers/persons in control of premises not paying sufficient attention to fire safety law? (See Lloyds Law Safety Alert: Fire breaches lands employer in court 1211). Unfortunately, the message is still not getting through, as another serious case – considered a landmark hearing for the UK fire and rescue service (FRS) – shows, as it is believed to be the first time that a jury, rather than magistrates or an individual judge, has convicted a defendant under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, commonly referred to as the FSO. What ... Read More -
Convictions to become ‘spent’ sooner
Monday, 13 February 2012
The Government is proposing to reduce the amount of time an individual must wait before a criminal conviction can be classed as ‘spent’. It is anticipated that the changes will come into force in April 2013. This is of interest to employers as once an individual’s conviction is spent, it does not have to be disclosed unless an exception applies. An example of when an exception would apply is if the job was exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, such as a dentist, or there is a regulated activity under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, for example teaching children ... Read More -
Reducing the Burden of Regulations on Businesses
Thursday, 29 September 2011
We know that our clients would welcome more freedom to manage and care for their staff as they see fit. Often a procedure or assessment seems unnecessary and costs time and money. The government has just released a document which reports on the first year of application of the ‘one-in one-out’ rule. We thought it would be a good time to have a look at what is being done to de-regulate employment and health and safety. The Health & Safety Perspective The impact on health and safety regulation can be summarised as: During 2011, began the ‘Red Tape Challenge’ review of 21,000 regulations currently ... Read More -
A Practical Workshop on the Agency Workers Regulations
Friday, 22 July 2011
The Agency Workers Regulations will take effect in October and mark a significant change in the law. If your organisation uses the services of temporary agency workers or you are a temporary work agency that supplies them, it is vital that you understand your obligations under the Regulations to avoid the cost of falling foul of the law. In brief, the Regulations entitle temporary agency workers to equal treatment in respect of certain basic working and employment conditions, access to collective facilities, access to employment with the hirer as well as giving additional rights to new and expectant mothers. We appreciate that ... Read More -
A Practical Workshop on Managing the Bribery Act
Friday, 1 July 2011
The Bribery Act takes effect from July. It creates a new corporate offence where companies can be held liable and prosecuted for bribery if an associated person (for example a supplier, distributor, consultant or employee) commits an unlawful act on their behalf - even if the company didn't know about it! The defence for a company is the adequate procedures defence. Lloyds Law have had a number of queries as to what this actually means and what companies have to do. To support our clients, Lloyds Law have put together a bite size and affordable two hour workshop presented by ... Read More
General News
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Reducing the Burden of Regulations on Businesses
We know that our clients would welcome more freedom to manage and care for their staff as they see fit. Often a procedure or assessment seems unnecessary and costs time and money. The ... Read More -
A Practical Workshop on the Agency Workers Regulations
The Agency Workers Regulations will take effect in October and mark a significant change in the law. If your organisation uses the services of temporary agency workers or you are a temporary ... Read More
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