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CRB - Changes to checking your employee's identity
Friday, 11 May 2012
The CRB is introducing more stringent checking guidelines. These guidelines will apply to all applications for a CRB check. Whilst the changes are being brought in from the 28th May 2012 the old system of checking can still be used until 31st August 2012. The changes are being introduced to make it more difficult for individuals to conceal previous criminal records by concealing their name. There are three routes of checking which are set out in lists of documents named Group 1, 2a and 2b. In total, 21 documents are being removed from the current accepted list (e.g National Insurance Card, NHS ... Read More -
Are you prepared?
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
There are three events coming up that will be of interest to employers. These are the increase to the unfair dismissal qualifying period, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Games. We take a look at each of these below and discuss what steps you can take to ensure your organisation is prepared. Increase to the Unfair Dismissal Qualifying Period As you will be aware from previous Legal Updates the qualifying period for ordinary unfair dismissal claims is set to double for employees who start employment on or after 6th April 2012. Such employees will need to have two years’ continuity of ... 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 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
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CRB - Changes to checking your employee's identity
The CRB is introducing more stringent checking guidelines. These guidelines will apply to all applications for a CRB check. Whilst the changes are being brought in from the 28th May 2012 the ... Read More -
Are you prepared?
There are three events coming up that will be of interest to employers. These are the increase to the unfair dismissal qualifying period, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Games. We ... Read More
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