National Living Wage replaces Minimum Wage. £7.20 p/h in April 2016 increasing to £9 p/h by 2020. National insurance bill reduction of further £1,000. Corporation Tax dropping to 19% in 2017, and then 18% in 2020. Additional 3 Million Apprenticeships. Levy on…
142 workers fatally injured at work between April 2014 and March 2015 (a rate of 0.46 fatalities per 100,000 workers). Compares to last year’s all-time low of 136 (0.45 fatalities per 100,000 workers). Asbestos related deaths: 2,538 in Great Britain in…
Summary Report in collaboration with UK insurance market and top UK companies. Report notes a significant gap in awareness around the use of insurance. Less than 10% of UK companies have cyber insurance protection. Original Author: Cabinet Office and Others Original Links: …
Summary The Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015 Duty to share information about a person’s care with other health and care professionals. Required to use a consistent identifier – the NHS Number. Original Author: Department for Health Original Links: …
Summary Effective 7th March 2015. Schedule 2 Contains Minimum Qualification for Engineers. Consolidates & Revokes: Ozone Depleting Substances (Qualifications) Regulations 2009 Environmental Protection (Controls on Ozone-depleting substances) Regulations 2011 Original Author: Assent Risk Management Original Links: http://www.assentriskmanagement.co.uk/blog/comments.php?y=15&m=03&entry=entry150324-164414 Content From 7th March 2015 the…
Summary Effective 12 March 2015. Legislation removes the £5,000 cap. Magistrates now have power to issue unlimited fines. Can include Health & Safety or Environmental Offences. Original Author: MoJ Original Links: Content Now they can issue much higher penalties on offenders who…
Summary From 10th March 2015. Employers can not demand employees access information about themselves under the DPA. This ‘enforced subject access’ bypassed the legal criminal record check process (DBS) and is now outlawed. Original Author: ICO Original Links: Content…
Summary 66% of SMEs don’t consider their business to be vulnerable. Just 16% say that improving their cyber security is a top priority for 2015. 24% think that cyber security is too expensive to implement. 22% admit that they ‘don’t…
Summary Environment Agency Guidance on the ESOS Regulations. Organisations that qualify must submit energy audit by 5th December 2015. Original Author: Environment Agency Original Link: Content The Environment Agency has issued updated guidance “Comply with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)”.…
Summary Up to 50 weeks shared parental leave. Babies due on or after 5th April 2015. Parents to agree the pattern of leave they intend to take with 8 weeks’ notice to employer. Original Author: BIS & ACAS Original Link: Content With just…