by Sam Swinstead | Oct 1, 2012 | General News
We feel like we’ve been talking about this forever but Pension Auto-enrollment finally begins today on the 1st October for larger businesses. For SMEs your staging date will be sometime between 2014 & 2017 depending on number of employees and your PAYE...
by Sam Swinstead | Sep 29, 2012 | General News
The last provision of the Equality Act 2010 comes into force on 1 October this year – namely the prevention of age discrimination in the provision of services. If your business provides services where age may be a factor in how those services are provided to...
by Sam Swinstead | Sep 25, 2012 | General News
The Smoke-free (signs) regulations 2012 come into effect on 1st October – these revoke the previous regs. They require less signage to be displayed in premises & vehicles where smoking is prohibited but still require that at least one clearly legible &...
by Sam Swinstead | Sep 20, 2012 | General News
Don’t forget the National Minimum Wage Rates go up on 1st October. It rises to £6.19 per hour for adult workers. Apprentices get a 5p rise to £2.65 per hour. Youth rates and 16-17 year old worker rates remain as they were. The accommodation offset increases to...
by Sam Swinstead | Aug 18, 2012 | General News
Be careful how you handle staff data! One NHS Trust has just found out the cost of not maintaining staff confidentialty to the tune of £175,000 after being served with a penalty by the Information Commissioner. Ensure you are complying with data protection principles...
by Sam Swinstead | Aug 13, 2012 | General News
A reminder from vivoHR today. If you are updating Terms & Conditions of Employment that impact on the contractual agreement between the business & your staff you need to consult with them and give them appropriate notice of the changes. It is best of course to...
