HSE Urges More Action on Preventing Legionella Businesses are being told to do more to protect workers and members of the public from exposure to legionella. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety notice after identifying common failings in legionella control from a review of outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in…
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Fall in Employment Tribunal claims Recently published statistics from the Tribunals Service showed there was a 15% decrease in the number of claims that made it to an employment tribunal between April 2011 and March 2012. 186,300 claims were made last year compared with 2010-11 when there were 218,100 claims. This is a continuation…
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P38(S) to be abolished Currently legislation states that those of your employees that are students and on courses in the United Kingdom and working for you solely in the holidays i.e. Summer, Christmas and Easter, can complete the student declaration form P38(s) and possibly receive their pay without Income Tax being deducted. However,…
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Employer National Insurance Contributions Holiday Since June 2010 new businesses have been able to apply to HMRC for the Employers National Insurance Contributions (NIC) Holiday scheme. Under the scheme new businesses, subject to meeting certain criteria, are able to reduce their Employer National Insurance (NI) contributions for a period of up to 12 months…
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Employment Tribunal Fees 2013 The introduction of Employment Tribunal Fees will be a welcome change for employers, with spurious claims expected to fall as claimants have to put their money where their mouth is in order to lodge a claim. The results of the consultation on the introduction of employment tribunal fees by the…
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HSE Cost Recovery Scheme The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Cost Recovery Scheme, “Fee for Intervention” (FFI), will start on 1 October 2012; subject to Parliamentary approval of the proposed Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012. The HSE Cost Recovery Scheme will put a duty on HSE to recover its costs for carrying out its regulatory functions…
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Religious Discrimination – latest case The case of a British Airways employee who was banned from wearing a crucifix at work has lead the Prime Minister to state that the law may be changed to protect the right to wear religious symbols in the workplace. During Prime Minister’s Question Time, David Cameron was…
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