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In her Speech delivered at the opening of Parliament last week, the Queen announced Bills to be introduced in the next session of Parliament up to Spring 2013.
Of interest are the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, the Children and Families Bill and the Crime and Courts Bill.
The scope of further reforms which are set out in a number of Bills include:
Overhaul of the Tribunal system.
Blog Article | Last updated: 16/05/2012 15:07:00
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The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has today published results from the Apprentice Learner Survey.
Key findings from apprentices include:
89% satisfaction
32% had received a promotion; and
Of those in work, 75% had taken on more responsibility
Key findings amongst employers include:
88% of employers were satisfied with the relevance of the training
47% had re
Blog Article | Last updated: 15/05/2012 17:12:00
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Pensions, parental leave and tribunal reform featured in the Queen's Speech today:
She announced the Government will move forward on the reform of state and public sector pensions, which will take a step forward to a more generous state pension and won't penalise people for saving
Proposals are to be made to allow both parents to share parenting responsibilities by making parental leave more
Blog Article | Last updated: 09/05/2012 16:23:00
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It's been well publicised that the Late May bank holiday has been moved to the 4th June and that the 5th June has been declared an extra bank holiday to create a 4 day weekend commemorating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
News Article | Last updated: 01/05/2012 14:30:00
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Following our previous blog Draft Bill which suspends Sunday Trading Laws during Olympics and Paralympics, the Sunday Trading (London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill received its second reading in the House of Lords this week.
The draft bill proposes a relaxation of Sunday Trading Laws in England and Wales from the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games on 22 July to the end of the P
Blog Article | Last updated: 27/04/2012 14:10:00
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The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has published its Trade Union Membership 2011 report statistics, based upon data supplied by the Labour Force Survey.
This report includes estimates on the ratio of employees and workers who are trade union members, those employees whose pay and conditions are goverened by collective agreements, as well as long term, country and regional tre
Blog Article | Last updated: 26/04/2012 12:46:00
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To accord with the EC Road Transport Directive, self-employed drivers will be become subject to the 48 hour average working week and the other provisions of the Road Transport (Working Time) Regulations 2005 from 11 May 2012. There had been a proposal to withdraw self-employed drivers from the scope of the Directive but this proposal was defeated in the European Parliament in 2010. The UK Governm
Blog Article | Last updated: 19/04/2012 14:05:00
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The Government announced last week further changes to the Immigration Rules in response to the MAC recommendations made in their report on the ‘Limit on Tier 2 (General) for 2012/13 and Associated Policies' published in February 2012.
Please see below for a summary of the three changes to the Tier 2 route.
1) Restricted COS Annual limit
The annual limit of 20,700 Tier 2 (General)
Blog Article | Last updated: 12/04/2012 09:49:00
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The pensions landscape will be unrecognisable following the introduction of new legislation from October 2012 which will require employers to automatically enrol eligible jobholders into a pension scheme.
Other HR Resources | Last updated: 11/04/2012 11:40:00
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There are a number of statutory provisions concerning the treatment of employees who become pregnant, have recently given birth or who are breast-feeding. These include measures to protect health and safety, minimum statutory leave periods and protection against unfair dismissal or some other form of detriment.
The basic legal principles, including employees` rights and management responsibilities, are outlined below.
Family friendly HR Resources | Last updated: 11/04/2012 11:35:00
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