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Gender pay gap reporting deadline draws near
Employers must publish their gender pay gap data by 31 March (for the public sector) and 4 April (for the private sector). ...
Published 18 Mar 2020
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Homeworking: supporting your employees
With working from home now being enforced upon many employees as a result of the spread of the Coronavirus, it’s vital that HR offer...
Published 18 Mar 2020
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RISK
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UK is not prepared for the impact of home working
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has advised that everyone should be working from home where possible, in an attempt to prevent the further spread of...
Published 18 Mar 2020
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International airline fined £500,000 for failing to secure customers’ personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific Airways Limited £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data – the highest penalty...
Published 11 Mar 2020
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Is it the ‘End of the legal road’ for Uber?
GMB, the union for private hire drivers, says a French court’s ruling that Uber drivers are employees is the ‘end of the legal road’ for the tech...
Published 11 Mar 2020
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Unpaid holiday leave amounts to £1.8bn a year
A new campaign to remind workers of their right to paid holiday leave and ensure employers check their staff are taking their leave has been...
Published 11 Mar 2020
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Major consultation on clearer DB funding standards launched
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published the first stage of a major consultation on its revised code of practice for defined benefit (DB) funding....
Published 11 Mar 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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Landlord receives suspended prison sentence after gas safety failings
A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and have landlord’s gas safety checks undertaken at his rental property in...
Published 11 Mar 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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New guidance on health and wellbeing in building services launched
New guidance on health and wellbeing in building services has been published by CIBSE – the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers....
Published 11 Mar 2020
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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68% of workers do not feel safe in their workplace
Nearly a quarter of remote workers would quit before returning to a risky worksite....
Published 19 Jan 2021
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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Anxiety is on the increase, but mental health support is lacking
Sixty-eight percent of employees have felt anxious and apprehensive about returning to work, while 35% report their mental health is worse now compared to before...
Published 23 Sept 2020
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Workplace first aid kits: what should be in them?
The contents of your workplace first aid kit should be guided by your first aid needs assessment. This should take into account the level of...
Published 16 Jan 2019
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Walking from bed to desk is commuting, German court rules
A German worker who had an accident while walking from his bed to his computer when he was working from home was officially commuting, a...
Published 2 Mar 2022
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WORKPLACE AND FACILITIES
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Asbestos in schools: an inspector calls
The HSE will be carrying out a programme of inspections of primary and secondary schools in England, Scotland and Wales from October 2023 onwards to...
Published 25 Sept 2023
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PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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‘Ethical veganism’ now a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010
A judge in a UK Employment Tribunal has ruled that being vegan, for ethical reasons, amounts to a ‘philosophical belief’ and is therefore protected by...
Published 8 Jan 2020
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