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Two of the hottest topics in UK local government currently are talent management and leadership development. The IDeA’s five strategic priorities repeatedly mention the need to “identify, develop and motivate talent” and focus on leadership. Other reports reach the same conclusions.
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Posted October 30th, 2009 | No Comments »
One of the key issues for an employee’s right to, for example, statutory maternity pay and leave is that the two sets of legislation ensure that, for each week of leave, the employee receives the appropriate statutory payment. The first day of leave should also be the first day of the payment period and that is how it should work in practice. However, a recent decision in the new First-tier Tax Tribunal appears to have exposed a situation where the period of leave and the period of pay may not correspond. It occurs, in the context of maternity pay, when the employee is absent from work for some reason at the start of the 11th week before the expected week of childbirth. This week’s article on the tribunal decision highlights the issues for employers.
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Posted October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
In yet another court decision, this time the Court of Appeal in the case Autoclenz Ltd v Belcher and Others, the efforts by some employers to turn employees into self-employed subcontractors by artificially “window-dressing” the contract.
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Posted October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
In a detailed document published on 15 October, the Government spells out its programme of some 380 regulatory changes that have been or will be made between April 2009 and April 2001, and in a few cases beyond. A further 115 regulatory change are listed that do not yet have an implementation date. They are offset to an extent by around 66 simplification measures that are also planned. The implementation dates for some regulations are being delayed.
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Posted October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
From 31 July 2009, the average maximum working week for doctors in training reduced from 56 hours to 48 hours. However, in order to enable certain parts of the National Health Service to deliver adequate health service and medical care, the Working Time Regulations 1998 were amended, with effect from 1 August 2009, so that an average 52-hour week maximum applies to doctors in training in specified employments. The employer, specialist service, grade and, in some cases, rota, to which the 52-hour limit applies are listed in a new Schedule to the 1998 Regulations.
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Posted October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
In the introduction to last week’s newsletter, we referred to a tax tribunal decision that was likely to affect the way in which employers determine the start date of a maternity pay period. We have now been able to examine the ruling in detail and its implications do indeed require careful consideration. One unfortunate problem with the judgement is that the tribunal judge appears to have failed to apply his reasoning correctly in one aspect of the decision, but it is the reasoning around the relevant legislation that is significant, not the final outcome of the case.
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Posted October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
Pensions and other contributory benefits will go up by 2% from January if the States of Guernsey approve Social Security’s proposals at the September States meeting.
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Posted October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
*Despite half of organisations reporting that it would be accurate as an indicator*
Nottingham, 27th October 2009 – New research commissioned by HR, payroll and talent management solutions provider, MidlandHR indicates that organisations are yet to fully understand the benefits of predictive software in improving employee engagement. Four out of ten respondents (40.5%) were unsure of its role even though a staggering nine out of ten (92%) believed that employee engagement is key to organisational performance. Despite this, half (49.5%) of those surveyed do see it as providing information that can be used as an indicator.
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Posted October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
Removing tax breaks on childcare vouchers will not only affect working parents but organisations too
The Government’s move to scrap tax exemptions on childcare vouchers may in fact harm employers that do not see the financial value of retaining the scheme, says the Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP), the UK’s leading membership body for payroll professionals.
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Posted October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
*Research commissioned by MidlandHR identifies contributors to employee engagement*
Nottingham, 27th October 2009 – An independent survey launched today by HR, payroll and talent management solutions provider, MidlandHR, has identified the contributory factors to employee engagement. Despite many organisations assuming that flexible working hours, good pay and benefits are fundamental to it, the study found these to be the three least important reasons. Adding weight to this, nine out of ten (92%) respondents expressed that employee engagement is key to organisational performance.
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Posted October 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
