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Subject access requests: new draft code

Subject access requests: new draft code

HR News Monday, 31 December 2012
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is consulting on a new draft code of practice that will help organisations handle subject access requests (SARs). Under the Data Protection Act 1998 anyone has the right to access the personal data an organisation processes about them by making a SAR.
 
 
Termination under a PILON clause was not effected by a payment into the employee’s bank account

Termination under a PILON clause was not effected by a payment into the employee’s bank account

Case Digests - Contracts of employment Friday, 28 December 2012
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An employee’s contract continued until the date he received his employer’s unequivocal notice that it was exercising its contractual right summarily to terminate his employment by making a payment in lieu of notice. Making the payment in lieu was not sufficient, by itself, to bring the contact to an end. And the Supreme Court has resolved a long-standing issue on repudiatory breaches – whether they automatically bring the contract to an end or whether acceptance is needed before this can happen.
Société Générale, London Branch v Geys
 
 
Improved employment rights for adoptive parents

Improved employment rights for adoptive parents

HR News Thursday, 27 December 2012
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Adoptive parents are to get the right to take time off work to meet the children they are adopting as well as increased paid leave to bring it in line with that offered to biological parents.
 
 
Office gossip rife among British workers

Office gossip rife among British workers

HR News Friday, 21 December 2012
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A leading psychologist has said the fact that British workers are more inclined to share office gossip than laptops could be damaging to workplace morale. Her comments come on the back of a YouGov poll that asked workers what they are happy to share with their work colleagues – and what they are not.
 
 
Beware pre-contract promises

Beware pre-contract promises

Case Digests - Contracts of employment Wednesday, 19 December 2012
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An oral assurance given during pre-contract discussions overrode subsequent, express written terms. It was a collateral warranty, the effect of which was to prevent the recovery of a significant up-front payment made by the employer.
Thinc Group v Armstrong
 
 
Collective redundancy consultation period to be halved

Collective redundancy consultation period to be halved

HR News Tuesday, 18 December 2012
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The 90-day statutory consultation period where more than 100 employees are being dismissed as redundant is to be halved to 45 days from April 2013.
 
 
November 2012 inflation data

November 2012 inflation data

HR News Tuesday, 18 December 2012
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UK Consumer Prices Index inflation was unchanged in the year to November 2012 at 2.7%. The Retail Prices Index (typically used in wage negotiations) stood at 3.0%. The detailed figures are as follows:
 
 
Most employers want the right to retire staff automatically

Most employers want the right to retire staff automatically

HR News Tuesday, 18 December 2012
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Most businesses favour the reintroduction of a default retirement age (DRA), with almost a third fearing that without it they are at greater risk of losing their best younger members of staff due to a lack of promotion opportunities, according to Retirement Without the Default Retirement Age.
 
 
First shoots of recovery for graduate recruitment

First shoots of recovery for graduate recruitment

Survey Watch Monday, 17 December 2012
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The graduate recruitment market is stabilising following the previous drop in employer demand prompted by the recession, according to XpertHR's 23rd annual survey.
 
 
Gender and race benchmarking

Gender and race benchmarking

Survey Watch Thursday, 13 December 2012
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Equal pay audits, eliminating unconscious bias, workforce monitoring and leadership accountability lead to fairer workforces, according to the Benchmarking Trends Analysis Report 2012.

 
 
Pay in 2013: mixed salary forecasts reveal ‘two-speed’ Europe

Pay in 2013: mixed salary forecasts reveal ‘two-speed’ Europe

Survey Watch Wednesday, 12 December 2012
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Stagnating economies across Europe can expect only modest salary rises in 2013 whilst the region’s emerging markets will see wages rocket, according to Hay Group’s PayNet.
 
 
Unpaid volunteer not protected against discrimination

Unpaid volunteer not protected against discrimination

Case Digests - Disability discrimination Wednesday, 12 December 2012
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An unpaid volunteer with no contract was not protected under disability discrimination law as she was not in 'employment'. Nor was she helped by the EU Equal Treatment Framework Directive, which prohibits discrimination in relation to 'occupation', as it doesn't cover volunteers.
X v Mid Sussex Citizens Advice Bureau
 
 


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Thursday, 16 May 2013

Using mobile technology to recruit

Recruiters have been slow to adopt mobile recruitment and are in danger of losing candidates. With one in four of us accessing the web from a mobile, and this trend increasing as you move down the age range, it has stark implications for all organisations on the recruitment trail. The more mobile optimised your recruitment process is the better placed you will be to access the best breadth of talent. Yet many companies make some fundamental errors when trying to make their recruitment process mobile friendly. 
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