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• Employment Tribunal Award Limits

  Dec 21, 2011
  The Secretary of State has published the planned changes to the limits and amounts payable under the Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2011. The increase in limits applying to tribunal awards and other amounts payable under employment legislation come into effect on 1st February 2012.
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• Care with Christmas Decorations - Gravity Kills ! Using ladders safely

  Dec 06, 2011
  On average 12 people a year die at work falling from ladders and nearly 1200 suffer major injuries. More than a quarter of falls happen from ladders.
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• Reclaiming Health & Safety For All

  Dec 06, 2011
  Independent review Published 28 November 2011 by Professor Ragnar E Löfstedt. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has welcomed the publication of the Löfstedt review.
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• Social Network Sites and Work

  Dec 01, 2011
  There has been some continuing concern expressed by employers in relation to their ability to take action to prevent employees from using social network sites at work. Also, employers appear uncertain as to the action that they can take if they are rubbished by an employee, or anyone else for that matter, on such sites.
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• Holiday Pay Accrued During Periods of Sickness

  Dec 01, 2011
  A recent reserved judgment in the Employment Appeal Tribunal has helpfully added to the guidance of many previous cases on the subject of holiday pay that is accrued during a period of absence from work due to sickness.
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• 'Fit Notes' and Fakes

  Dec 01, 2011
  The replacement for the sick note, the much vaunted 'Fit Note'“ has had 18 months now to convince employers and the Government that it is itself fit for purpose. The process has not been helped by the continuing ability of any individual to obtain a fake fit note from internet websites.
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• Don’t Let Smoke Get in Your Eyes

  Dec 01, 2011
  Considerations for fire, smoke, pyrotechnics, fireworks, their fallout and potential hazards should be made when planning events including; Firework Displays, Up Helliar, New Year Celebrations and Launching Chinese Sky lanterns.
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• Pensions Act 2011

  Dec 01, 2011
  It has largely gone unreported that the controversial Pensions Bill received its required Royal Assent on 3 November. This means that the Pensions Act 2011 now fully brings into force the several significant changes that were originally envisaged.
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