Should Smoking Policies Include the Use of E-Cigarettes?

Should Smoking Policies Include the Use of E-Cigarettes?   A recent employment tribunal ruling has highlighted the need for employers to consider whether the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) should be included within their smoking policies.   Currently the legislation prohibiting smoking in the workplace defines smoking as lit tobacco or any other substance that can…

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Employed or Self-Employed?

Employed or Self-Employed?   There has been much commentary in recent months around the subject of bogus self-employment as a tax avoidance measure. With the HMRC clamping down on the misuse of self-employed workers, it is important that employers are making the correct distinction between the hiring of employees, contractors and workers.   Aside from…

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National Minimum Wage Changes Announced

National Minimum Wage Changes Announced   The Government has announced an increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) which will come into force on 1st October 2015.   The announcement sees the largest real-terms increase in the adult pay rate since 2008 and the Government has claimed the above inflation 3% increase will benefit more than…

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HSE Successful Asbestos Prosecution

HSE Successful Asbestos Prosecution   A businessman allowed the spread of asbestos in an industrial building by not employing licensed contractors to remove the potentially deadly material, a court has heard.   Peter Rees, the owner of a business unit in Eagle Farm Road on the Mochdre Business Park, was selling the building to another…

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Shared Parental Leave

Shared Parental Leave Shared Parental Leave is a new right that will enable eligible mothers, fathers, partners and adopters to choose how to share their time off work after their child is born or placed into a family. An employee may be entitled to Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if:…

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