CRITICAL ISSUES FOR THE RECRUITMENT INDUSTRY: CONTRACTORS Lawspeed is pleased to announce a new seminar, part of our established ‘Knowledge is Power’ series. This seminar will provide a comprehensive round up of the critical issues that are currently affecting recruiters who are engaged in the supply of Limited Company and Umbrella Company contractors. The seminar […]
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies has enhanced its coordinated bank of recruitment and employment materials for UK corporate members. Its new web platform features an extensive ‘knowledge centre’ with additional training tools that include the information-rich Autumn 2012 webinar series, created by commercially-oriented recruitment law consultants at Lawspeed. The series (which is free to ARC […]
Following controversy over tax avoidance by some senior civil servants, and a dictum from the Treasury that those engaged to work for the government must be ‘on payroll’, the scope for recovering ‘proper levels of tax’ from highly placed individuals in the private sector recently took a step closer. The ‘Controlling Persons’ consultation involves individuals […]
Yes – they can now. The Court of Appeal’s new ruling, NHS Leeds v Larner broadens an earlier ECJ decision allowing an employee who was off sick to have their leave carried forward into the next year. This used to only apply in the public sector, but now the European Court of Justice’s ruling has […]
Media coverage on the schemes available to pay lower levels of tax is still gathering momentum. But the argument appears to be shifting from whether the methods sought are for tax efficiency or tax avoidance. An emerging viewpoint also questions whether operating in such a way is morally wrong, regardless of the legal position. Government […]
The recently announced code of conduct for recruitment supply chains and RPOs does not go far enough says the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) and fails to address the key issue. The code seeks to tackle an unfairness where second tier agencies, if they wish to deal with a hirer that uses an RPO, have […]
Social media has come centre stage when it comes to recruiting new talent, says a new study from recruitment platform Jobvite – but employers could be on shaky ground if they use people’s personal information to do background checks. The Jobvite social recruiting survey 2012 found that 92% of US companies plan to use social […]
It has recently been reported that two temporary workers suffered life-changing injuries as a result of poor health and safety practices by a manufacturing firm to whom they were supplied. So, we are revisiting the obligations of agencies and hirers towards temporary workers. What health and safety obligations are agencies and hirers obliged to supply […]
Lose an employment tribunal claim over equal pay, and you will find yourself subject to an equal pay audit, in tough new measures drawn up by the government. Equalities minister Lynne Featherstone said firms would have to look at its employees’ salaries if the tribunal rules that it has discriminated on the grounds of gender. […]
More people aged 50-65 are in employment than ever before, but if they lose their job they discover the recruitment process works against them, according to a report by think tank Policy Exchange. Too Much to Lose: Understanding and Supporting Britain’s Older Workers reveals that someone over 50 who is unemployed is much less likely […]
