This section covers all aspects of managing your staff during their employment.
Our guides will help to ensure you keep within the law and follow best practice.
And see below for a quick summary of what's new!
National Minimum Wage: note that this increases with effect from 1
October 2010, and that 21 year olds will now get the full adult rate. A new rate
for apprentices has also been introduced. See: key statistics
Equality Act - the main provisions WILL now take effect on 1 October
2010, as originally planned. See: Equality Act.
Default retirement age - the Government has announced that this will go from
October 2011.
Pension age: the Government is consulting on increasing the State
Pension age to 66, earlier than originally proposed. See:
pensions
Vetting and Barring Scheme - the implementation of the next stage
of the VBS (for those who work with
children and vulnerable adults) has been put on hold, pending a Government review.
See: safeguarding vulnerable groups
Identity Documents Bill 2010-11: if passed, will repeal the Identity
Cards Act 2006. See: checking the right to work in the UK
Absence statistics: the latest CBI/Pfizer survey shows the lowest
rate of absence since the survey began in 1987 - an average employee absence
of 6.4 days per year. See: managing absence
Dismissal: some interesting cases have confirmed that resignations cannot be
backdated (even if both parties wish to do this); and that failure to follow a
contractual disciplinary procedure may lead to breach of contract claims
including future loss of earnings. See: dismissal
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