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The London Olympics will begin on 27 July and it is thought that up to 7000 volunteers will be involved to help make it a successful event.
Many of these volunteers will be employees, so, in order to...
Acas launches new guidance on the gender pay gap
Acas has recently launched its new guidance, ‘Voluntary Gender Equality Analysis and Reporting: Action for Workplaces in the Private and Voluntary Sectors’, to help organisations identify and address...
Government publishes final guidance on Agency Workers Regulations
The Government has published its final guidance on the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, which come into force on 1 October 2011. The guidance aims to help employers and the recruitment sector prepare...
EPCs and holiday lets- are they required?
The Department for Communities and Local Government has recently issued guidance on the question of whether or not an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is required for holiday lets. The guidance confirms...
Cookie recipe finally decided on
The Government has published its plans as to how European Union laws on electronic communications will be implemented in the UK. The EU Directives must be implemented by the Government by 25 May 2011....
New Bribery Act guidance is good news for business, but doubts remain over ability to do business overseas
The Government has published its long-awaited guidance on the new Bribery Act. The Act had been due to come into force on 1 April, but given unease with the Act amongst the business community, the Government...
BIS finally publishes guidance on the Agency Workers’ Regulations 2010
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) published its guidance on The Agency Worker’s Regulations 2010 on 4 April 2011. The Regulations are due to come into force on 1 October 2010.
The...
New guidance deciphers what the Localism Bill is really all about
The radical and controversial Localism Bill has rarely been out of the headlines since it was published in mid-December.
Even last night (17 January), Labour MPs launched a motion to halt the Bill’s...
New draft guidance on improving board effectiveness
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) has published draft guidance on improving public company board effectiveness, as part of its review of the Higgs Review on Corporate Governance.
The...