Tom Newcombe

HR legal revolution: It's all happening today

Major changes in legislation take effect today and one marks its first anniversary.

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Mixed verdict on Agency Workers Regulations one year on

Today is the first anniversary of the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), aimed at improving employment terms and conditions for agency workers in the UK.

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Law to ban age discrimination in services, public functions and associations, comes into force today

Direct and indirect age discrimination, harassment and victimisation will be unlawful when providing services and when carrying out public functions, according to provisions of the Equality Act 2010,...

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Game-changing pension reforms will help the UK save more, says NAPF

The five-year implementation of the Government's landmark auto-enrolment scheme is now under way to automatically place millions of people into workplace pensions. The National Association of Pension...

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Employers "blissfully unaware" of biggest PAYE shake-up for 60 years, says KPMG

Between April and October 2013 virtually all employers and pension providers will start reporting payroll information to HMRC in "real time", on or before every payday – instead of after the end of...

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Disabled staff can improve wellbeing, claims M&S HRD

Marks and Spencer's (M&S), HR director, Tanith Dodge (pictured) claims businesses that employ disabled staff can help improve wellbeing among existing employees. Speaking yesterday at the launch in...

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Pay deals nearer to parity with inflation

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Pay settlements are edging closer to inflation levels, but only because inflation is falling, reports HR research company, XpertHR.

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Top Employers for Working Families 2/5: Wales and West Housing

Winners of the prestigious Top Employers for Working Families awards 2012 were announced on Tuesday. In recognition of the companies who really do go the extra mile for working families, we profile...

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Recognition: can a one-size-fits-all strategy meet the needs of a global business?

Sam Owens (pictured), HR manager, Merlin Entertainments Group, will discuss this at the first HR conference, Achieving Excellence in People Strategy, to ne held in London on 28 November.

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Companies failing on employee wellbeing strategy

Only a minority of organisations are strategically committed to employee wellbeing, a survey claims.

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UK consultation on executive remuneration closes today

Today is the closing day of the department for business innovation and skills (BIS) consultation exercise on executive remuneration reporting requirements, launched in March.

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If a vacancy hasn't been filled within 72 days, there's something wrong with it, claims Randstad

Employers need to fill job vacancies within 72 working days or just under 15 weeks before people assume it's a job no-one wants, according to research carried out by UK recruitment company...

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