Speechly Bircham | Inform: Employment
October 2009 


- The State of HR survey
- Shortage occupation list

- Equality Bill and Remuneration policies seminars
- Right person, right job?

- Certificates of sponsorship - annual allocation
- The month's top employment cases         


                                                                                                 

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Inform: Employment
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News

 

The State of HR survey

Following the success of last year's ground breaking insight into the workforce and HR profession, the employment team is once again undertaking the State of HR survey in collaboration with the HRM Learning Board at King's College London...read more

 

Equality Bill and Remuneration policies seminars

In order to help you prepare and proactively manage the wider HR challenges, we are pleased to invite you to attend these interactive seminar. The Equality Bill is set to be one of the most far reaching pieces of discrimination legislation...read more

 

Shortage occupation list – Migration Advisory Committee recommendations

The Migration Advisory Committee (the "MAC"), the body charged with reviewing and updating the shortage occupation list, has published a report setting out its proposed changes to the shortage occupation list...read more

 

Certificates of sponsorship - annual allocation

Employers who registered as Sponsors prior to the launch of the Points-Based System last November should shortly...read more

 

This month's top employment cases

  • Dismissal and failure to make reasonable adjustments 
  • Clarification on the correct pool for comparison
  • Right to legal representation at a disciplinary hearing
  • Warning to employers who delay in taking disciplinary action
  • Consultant v Employee
  • Effect of an entire agreements clause in a compromise agreement
  • TUPE and equal pay claims 

Click here to read brief summaries about these recent cases

 

 

Insight

 

Right person, right job?

Robust recruitment processes are a must for volunteer selection as well as paid employees. Written for Caritas magazine, Neil Gill's practical guide explains why. Although directed towards the charity sector, it contains useful generic advice applicable to all employers...read more


 

In the press

 

Agency worker regulations: implementation deferred

Employers' organisations and employment agencies have long fought against the controversial introduction into UK law of the EU's Temporary Agency Workers Directive (the Directive). That introduction is now a step closer...read more

 

Be aware of the law if you are setting up on your own

Whether not the recession has come to an end is still up for debate but it is clear that, for some, the phoenix is already rising from the ashes. The latest stats indicate...read more

 




Downloads

Equality bill.pdf - 76.13 kb
Right person, right job.pdf - 90.45 kb

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