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BIS calls for evidence on dealing with dismissal and “compensated no-fault dismissal” for micro businesses
The Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) has issued a call for evidence seeking views on two measures to address concerns that dismissal procedures can be too onerous, particularly for smaller businesses: Dismissal processes. Views are sought on whether the … Continue reading →
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Regional workplace mediation pilot scheme announced
The Employment Relations Minister, Edward Davey, has announced a pilot scheme for regional “mediation networks” for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) will fund mediation training for employees from a group of 24 SMEs … Continue reading →
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What should we do about Executive Pay?
A recent Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) discussion paper on executive remuneration highlights that the median total remuneration of FTSE100 CEOs has risen from an average of £1m to £4.2m for the period 1998-2010, continuing an upward trajectory at a time when … Continue reading →
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Is the proposal to abolish Unfair Dismissal part of a wish list to Santa Claus?
The paucity of detail in the extracts of Mr. Beecroft’s proposal to scrap the concept of unfair dismissal, recently leaked to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, is lamentable. Although perhaps a timely distraction from the Tory MP rebellion on Europe earlier … Continue reading →
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Cameras in court – Open Justice or “LEX” Factor?
Cameras in court – Open Justice or “LEX” Factor? No sooner had the detritus of the riots been swept from our chartered streets than the media whipped itself into veritable frenzy about the quantity of custodial sentences handed down to … Continue reading →
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BIS Employment Law Review – 2010 to 2015
The Department for Business, Skills and Innovation (BIS) has today published an update on its review of employment laws across Government to make it as easy as possible for businesses to take people on. The Government set out in the Coalition Agreement that … Continue reading →
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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – Late May Bank Holiday to be moved in 2012, and Celebrations
HR practitioners and holiday planners alike will be interested to how the Bank holidays will be changed in June 2012 to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. It has recently been announced that Tuesday 5 June 2012 will be a bank … Continue reading →
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Governance and Business model for the Green Investment Bank & will it actually be a bank?
After much fanfare the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced detailed plans of the vision for a Green Investment Bank with the aspiration that “The UK will be the first country in the world to create a bank … Continue reading →
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A new system of Parental leave – “blocks” of leave on the horizon from 2015 (subject to “affordability”)
A new system of Parental leave “blocks” of leave on the horizon from 2015 (subject to “affordability”) Section 14 of the Coalition agreement boldly declared that: “We will encourage shared parenting from the earliest stages of pregnancy – including the … Continue reading →
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Reducing Red Tape – Take the new Government Challenge
The Government has launched its ‘Red Tape Challenge’ website, which allows businesses and the public to vote for regulations which they think should be scrapped. The outcome will be followed closely by lawyers, and HR practitioners alike. The challenge aims … Continue reading →
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