extend the Business Impact Target to include regulators; support a positive shift in the way regulation is delivered by regulators through the Growth Duty and Regulators’ Code (“the Duties”); simplify the Primary Authority scheme; introduce a legal obligation for insurance claims to be paid within a reasonable timeframe; allow the Valuation Office Agency to share business rates information about properties and ratepayers with local government;
reform the Business Rates Appeals system; and update the Industrial Development Act 1982.
All publications relating to the Enterprise Bill can be accessed through GOV.UK .
New Acas disability discrimination guide 21 December 2015
In 2014 Acas received nearly 12,000 calls to their helpline related to disability issues and received almost 3,000 disability discrimination employment tribunal cases.
Getting disability related issues wrong can be costly. Acas has a new free guide to help employers understand what disability is, and isn't, and how to manage related issues.
Download 'Disability discrimination: key points for the workplace’
Research shows that employers with a diverse workforce can reap many business benefits as they can tap into the knowledge and skills of staff from a wide range of backgrounds.
Further resources for employers:
Equality - understanding the basics
Asking and responding to questions of discrimination in the workplace guidance Acas discrimination training Promoting positive mental health at work
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Dealing with legal highs in the workplace 11 January 2016
Legal highs are largely substances which imitate the effects of illegal drugs when consumed, but are not actually illegal themselves. As with illegal drugs, they can have a range of effects on users and employers should consider their impact on their employees and workplaces. Acas Key points Many so called "legal highs" are already illegal under the Misuse of Drugs Act but new substances - yet to be controlled - continue to emerge on the market. The drugs imitate the effects on users of more traditional illegal substances. During 2014 in England, Scotland and Wales there were a reported 129 deaths where new psychoactive substances were implicated. There is currently legislation going through Parliament to ban the supply of these drugs based on their psychoactive effects. Employers should consider legal highs when writing their drug and alcohol policies. There has been an increase during recent years in the sale and use of so called "legal highs". Legal highs, or psychoactive drugs or New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), not banned under the Misuse of Drugs Act, generally cannot be sold for human consumption and so are often marketed as bath salts, incense or plant food. They mostly contain synthetic, chemical compounds which imitate the effects of more traditional, illegal drugs such as speed and cannabis.
CIPP Policy News Journal
25/04/2016, Page 58 of 453
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