July 2008
Home Office crackdown
Over 100 businesses have been issued with Notices of Potential Liability since the inception of the new illegal working regime, at a cost of almost half a million pounds. How thorough is your background check for new employees?
HR Quiz
Welcome to the July edition of the Ceridian HR News Quiz. How clued up are you when it comes to HR News? Take the quiz and find out how you score…
In this issue
Coming soon... a short survey
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What makes a Workplace 'Great'?
Is your workplace a Great Place to Work? Perhaps you can follow the examples set by some of the award winners, from Google and Microsoft to smaller players such as Reaktor, from Finland.
Taking on a new employee
The P46 is more than just a document required by HMRC. It also serves as a record of entitlement for Home Office requirements that employers ensure that their employees are entitled to work in the UK. Simon Parsons explains.
Positive force or crisis service?
The stigma of the crisis support line has long since been disputed, as Employee Assistance Programmes have gone from support lines to holistic services, incorporating an array of provisions from absence management to self-assesment tools. What does your EAP do for you?
New legislation to help 4.5 million more parents
Recommended proposals that the right to flexible working be extended to parents of children up to age 16 are currently being consulted by government. These arrangements would include working from home, part-time work, compressed hours, flexi-time or other arrangements agreed with employers.
Gateshead firm fined after worker blinded in one eye
Are you aware of the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998? Breaches of these regulations have recently cost a company thousands of pounds, and an employee his sight. Health and safety compliance begins with HR…