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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 your...

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 & visible...

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 £4.82...

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...

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...

Do you have new apprentices starting with you this September when college starts again? If so are you aware of the contracts you must have in place? Changes in requirements that came into force earlier this year may mean you need to update your contracts in order for...

I applaud Cisco for their approach to enabling employees to enjoy the Olympic Games. They have set up places at each of their sites where staff can get together with work collaegues to watch an event on TV. Or staff can choose to watch on their own laptops with live...

We've been reading legal updates today about convictions under The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2008 and whilst it would appear that there is still confusion about when this Act applies over the Health & Safety at Work Act it is clear that the...

Is this yet another case of the government overreacting and focussing on the wrong things without fully understanding what they are dealing with? David Cameron pledges on Prime Minister's Questions to "change the law" to allow religious symbols to be worn at work...