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Data Collection And Privacy

ISSUE 45 - Annual Employment Lawyer Warning Festival

Features in this issue :
Redundancy - if you are thinking of restructure or redundancy, don't put off planning it
Sick note reform
Self employed workers
Forthcoming events - VAT and fee changes, Launch of Irenicon KoffeeKlatch seminars - book 
    now

ISSUE 44 - Xmas Temps

Features in this issue :
Christmas is the time of year when many people take onn Christmas temps - see our top tips about the legal side of employing temps
Free downloads - Reducing payroll without redundancies, Employing People Through a Recession, To catch a thief, Taking people on, What should be in a Statement of Particulars -
     and many more

ISSUE 43 - The legal side of recruitment

Features in this issue :
The Government has been progressively tightening legislation on recruitment.  Now is a good time to arrive at a strategy that takes into account the obligations on employers.
Forthcoming Events - National Minimum Wage - tips won't count, rate increases, increase to maximum allowable pay for statutory redundancy, increased registration fees for larger
      organisations for Data protection and single status vetting for  workers
      working with children or vulnerable adults.  Equality Bill working its way through parliament.

ISSUE 42 - Summer of discontent?

Features in this issue :
The summer news has been full of strikes and threats of strike which can affect staff.  What happens if strikes affect whether people can get to work on time or at all?
Forthcoming Events - National Minimum Wage - tips won't count, rate increases, increase to maximum allowable pay for statutory redundancy, single status vetting for  workers
      working with children or vulnerable adults.  Equality Bill working its way through parliament.

ISSUE 41 - Holidays and accruals

Features in this issue :
Holiday and holiday pay has been the subject of an extraordinary amount of both legislation and litigation in recent years ....
Forthcoming Events - National Minimum Wage - tips won't count, rate increases, increase to maximum allowable pay for statutory redundancy, single status vetting for  workers working
      with children or vulnerable adults.  Equality Bill working its way through parliament

ISSUE 40 - Life's a beach

Features in this issue :
Temperature rules and guidance for the workplace
Top tips for managing heat in the workplace
Risk Assessments/pregnant and disabled workers/journeys to and from work/outside workers
Forthcoming events - National Minimum Wage - tips won't count, rate increases, increase to
    maximum allowable pay for statutory redundancy.  Equality Bill working its way through
    parliament

ISSUE 39 - Swine Flu
Features in this issue :
Swine Flu - who pays?  Read our employment law advice about swine flu.

Features in this issue :
Holidays, the good the bad and the ugly - the Easter break, followed by two May bank
    holidays, always brings queries about holiday entitlement.  Updates and FAQs.
Forthcoming Events - Chancellor announces an increase to maximum allowable pay for
    statutory redundancy.  Equality Bill introduced to Parliament with additional duty to promote
    socio-economic equality, deadline for response to EU consultation on pregnant workers 
    directive

ISSUE 37 April 2009

Features in this issue :
Changes to the Discipline & Dismissal procedures- see some of the changes
Recent/Forthcoming changes - Employment Act 2008 repeals statutory disputes
    (dismissal and grievance procedures) and introduces new requirements to follow ACAS 
    guidelines, Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007 - minimum paid holiday entitlement
    increases, SMP and SSP rate increases

Features in this issue :
Reducing payroll without redundancies - viable alternatives to making redundancies, and keeping people in work, can often be a better alternative, provided you monitor the situation carefully
Recent/Forthcoming changes - Employment Act 2008 repeals statutory disputes (dismissal and
    grievance procedures) and introduces new requirements to follow ACAS guidelines, Working
    Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007 - minimum paid holiday entitlement increases, SMP and
    SSP rate increases

Features in this issue :
Snow stopped play - check who you must pay following the big freeze
Recent/Forthcoming changes - statutory redundancy pay changes, maximum compensatory award in unfair dismissal cases increases, Employment Act 2008 repeals statutory disputes (dismissal and grievance procedures) and introduces new requirements to follow ACAS
      guidelines, Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007 - minimum paid holiday 
      entitlement increases, SMP and SSP rate increases

ISSUE 34 December 2008

Features in this issue :
Employing people through a recession - some legal and practical tips
Recent/Forthcoming changes - amendments to Race Relations Act, statutory redundancy pay changes, maximum compensatory award in unfair dismissal cases increases
Seasonal warnings are here again

ISSUE 33 November 2008

Features in this issue :
Winning and losing contracts - TUPE
TUPE - some hot tips to avoid costly errors
Restructures and Redundancies - clarifying some misconceptions
Forthcoming changes - see recent and forthcoming changes to employment law

ISSUE 32 January 2008

Featured in this issue:
Restructures and Redundancies - some hot tips to get the process or method of selection right
Information Security - new developments in data protection practice - two particular aspects that everyone nees to be aware of
Forthcoming changes - see forthcoming changes to employment law
Staying On The Right Side Of Insolvency