Three quarters of staff returning from sick leave require employer support, finds DWP/Legal & General analysis

Nearly three quarters of people off work due to illness required adjustments in the workplace to help their return, an analysis of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Fit for Work Service...

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HM Revenue & Customs explains changes to real-time information and how employers report PAYE

How employers report Pay as You Earn (PAYE) details is changing.

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Employers may be overestimating their levels of preparedness, ahead of mandatory payroll RTI, KPMG suggests

Almost nine out of 10 businesses (86%) of businesses have started to plan for implementing real time information (RTI) reporting of payroll data to HMRC when it becomes mandatory in April 2013,...

Staff don't expect mobile connectivity to improve work life balance, Virgin Media Business research shows

Over half of the UK’s mobile workers (54%) think blanket connectivity on the move would significantly shorten their working day, but don’t believe it would improve their work life balance, according...

Employee absence can be a key factor of staff disengagement

During this summer of abundant sporting events, there has been a degree of concern about staff pulling sickies.

Eight out of 10 employers ill-equipped to offer their employees rehabilitation support following long-term illness, finds Aviva

The Government is calling for employers to be at the centre of managing employees back to work following absence, but only 20% of employers feel equipped to offer their employees rehabilitation...

Eight out of 10 London businesses poised to use teleworking over Olympics fortnight

With the first working week of the London Olympic Games starting today, more than three quarters (80%) of London businesses have said they some form of teleworking to their employees, according to a...

Olympic sick note culture threatens to 'engulf UK businesses', according to Badenoch & Clark

A sick note culture could be set to “engulf UK businesses” during the Olympics, according to a study from recruitment consultancy, Badenoch & Clark.

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Private sector employers remain slow to put flexible working contingencies in place for Olympic Games, Citrix reports

At the weekend, civil servants in Whitehall began a programme of flexible working that could last for up to seven weeks in order to avoid travel disruption and crowds during the Olympic and Paralympic...

UK auto-enrolment duty could cost up to 10% of company payroll, says Eversheds

From October 2012, legal requirements are being introduced that will ultimately place a duty on UK employers to automatically enrol eligible workers into a qualifying pension scheme and pay minimum...

‘Don’t get caught out’, Transport for London urges employers as it sets out plans for Olympic Games

As the capital continues its transformation into a massive sporting and cultural venue, Transport for London (TfL) today set out its travel plans and advice for the Olympic Torch Relay and for the...

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ECJ rules staff that get sick on annual leave are entitled to corresponding paid leave when they recover

The European Court of Justice has ruled that workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, irrespective of when the period of ill...