Cleardocs Blog
Subscribe to RSS for this Blog.
Legislation update - December
Added: 2009-12-09 14:29:06.0The following is an update on what’s happened employment-legislation-wise in the past month:
The Queen’s speech and potential reform
On 18th November, the government outlined its legislative programme for the forthcoming parliamentary session in the Queen's speech. However, with only a few months left until the last date on which a general election can be called, it is uncertain which parts of the programme will actually get onto the statute book.
If passed, the following draft legislation will have an impact on employment law:
- Financial Services Bill: aims to tackle the politically sensitive issue of bankers' pay. New measures include giving the Financial Services Authority (FSA) the power to stop excessive payments and to cancel any pay awards which reward reckless risk-taking. A cap on bonuses, however, is conspicuously absent.
- Equality Bill: will continue its passage through parliament (see previous posts for more on this). It is a wide-ranging bill including reform of discrimination and pay discrepancy law.
- Agency Workers Regulations 2010: will provide agency workers with the right to be treated equally compared to permanent staff in terms of pay, holidays and other basic conditions from 1st October 2011.
- Bribery Bill: aims to tidy up existing law, but also introduces a new offence relating to companies that negligently allow employees or agents to pay bribes.
As ever, Cleardocs will keep you posted on all of the above.
Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act receives Royal Assent
The Apprenticeship, Skills, Children and Learning Act received Royal Assent on 12th November. This will create new rights and standardised procedures for apprenticeships from 2013. More imminent, however, is a new right for employees to request time off work to undertake study or training. This will apply to those employed in businesses with 250 or more employees from 6 April 2010, and to all employees from April 2011.
Pre-Christmas sale continues
Don’t forget, our special offers are still on with massive reductions of up to 65% on our contracts and staff handbooks. These prices come after a great year for us and as a thank you to our customers’ support since we began trading in the UK in June 2008.
Don’t wait around for too long though, the prices won’t last forever!
If you have any questions about how Cleardocs can help with your employment document requirements, don’t hesitate to call us on 0845 474 0372.
The content of this blog is not legal advice and should not be relied on as such, or used instead of seeking legal advice.
Comments
