April 2007
Smoking ban draws near - LifeWorks can help your employees
The upcoming smoking ban in public places in the UK is set to be enforced completely by July. Depending on where you live, you may experience the smoking ban even earlier.
Ceridian Connection tells you more about what to expect as workplaces around the country go smoke-free.
In this issue
What's so smart about SMART pensions?
One of the many schemes in Human Capital Management is the Smart Pension Scheme, which is effectively a traditional salary sacrifice arrangement. Tax inspectors are showing an interest in just how the scheme is being implemented by employers.
Will recent legislative changes to SMP affect your employees?
The Work and Families Act of 2006 has introduced some fundamental changes to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) for babies born on or after 1 April 2007.
Do you have a payment backup plan?
When the BACS system fails, there’s not much you can do about it, but hope that your employees are not too inconvenienced. But what happens in the event of another kind of emergency? Fire, flood and other natural disasters could have a far-reaching effect on the payments you receive and the people you pay. Ceridian Connection asks: what’s your Plan B?
Cancer is now classed as a disability by the DDA
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) now classes cancer as a disability. This means that employers are now legally responsible for ensuring that cancer sufferers and recovered cancer sufferers are not subjected to victimisation or discrimination.