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On the 14th of August this year, the Furness area received some particularly good news. MP, Eric Pickles, confirmed that Furness would be one of just six English coastal locations to receive funding aimed at job creation. The £900,000 grant is expected to ‘unleash growth in coastal Furness’. The fund also highlights an attempt on… Continue Reading
On the 6th of April this year, the Employment Tribunals (Constitution & Rules of Procedure) Amendment Regulations came into effect. One of the most significant changes within these regulations was the increase to the ‘Tribunal Costs Cap’, a limit which previously stood at £10,000. Continue Reading
Over 40 pieces of legislation and codes of practice are rolled up into the new Equality Act 2010 which came into force on October 2010 making life a little easier in theory with just one piece of legislation to refer to and simplifying certain definitions of discrimination. Continue Reading
The new national minimum wage rates have increased to £6.19 (from £6.08) for workers aged 21 or over and to £2.65 (from £2.60) for apprentices under 19 or those in their first year of an apprenticeship. Continue Reading
The new pension provisions of the came into effect this week. Thus, from 1st October, depending on the number of employees in your organisation, you will have to auto-enrol eligible employees into a qualifying pension scheme. Continue Reading
Danny Boyle highlighted to us in his recent Olympic Opening Ceremony; the ‘digital age’ is upon us. During the ceremony Boyle impressed upon the public the importance of 21st century technology. Gone are the days of letters and personal telephone calls; instead text, email and social networking sites are used in order to make contact.… Continue Reading
Those of you who enjoyed the recent Olympic torch event in and around Bowness will be well aware that the 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games are nearly here taking place between 27th July – 12th August and 19th August – 9th September respectively. Whilst the focus will be mainly on London, this historic event is… Continue Reading
You will recall in Part 1 of “What exactly is HR?” that I looked at the differences between “HR” and “Personnel” . Continue Reading
Since setting up Turnstone HR it has been interesting working with lots of different clients encompassing a wide variety of size and sector. Two and a half years down the line, I have been looking back to see whether the range of people issues we have dealt with on behalf of clients differs hugely from… Continue Reading
According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), one of the main reasons for employees leaving a job is lack of training and career opportunities. Whilst this applies as much to SMEs (small and medium sized businesses) as to larger organisations, it is generally considered that the pressures of both cost and time… Continue Reading
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