• full access to the community of member organisations • a member toolkit packed with tips and advice on getting started • conversation guides to help communication between managers and employees • exclusive training events and webinars • regular updates from the Working Forward e-newsletter • help and support developing pregnancy and maternity policies, and much more.
Further details of the Working Forward Campaign are available on the EHRC website.
CIPP comment The department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have published a consultation that seeks to gather views about what steps can be taken to further support pregnant women and new parents when they return to work. You can respond by way of an online survey directly to BEIS and The CIPP policy team will be publishing a survey and plan to hold a think tank also – to note your expression of interest please contact policy@cipp.org.uk.
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Is your workforce aware of how to apply for Settled Status? 15 February 2019
The clock continues to tick towards the UK exit from the European Union but how does this impact employees who currently live and work in the UK?
Employees and their family members who are EU citizen may be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living in the UK after 30 June 2021.
Guidance on GOV.UK together with an online application process is available for EU citizens now, if this application route is used, paper records and evidence will still need to be submitted in order to complete the process.
An APP has been created to work on Android devices which removes the need to submit paper evidence and thus speed up the application process. No plans exist for the APP to be made available to Apple devices.
After March 29 EEA citizens will also be able to apply for settled status.
The deadline for applications will be 30 June 2021 unless the UK leaves without a deal in which case the deadline will be 31 December 2020.
No action is required at this stage for employers however when fully operational the advantage of the scheme will be that it will enable a fully automated process to be carried out by employers seeking to establish their Statutory excuse with Right to Work checks.
As when carrying out Right to Work checks, employers should take care in informing their workforce not to be seen to be discriminating by only focussing on employees they think may be affected.
At the moment there is a fee applied if applying for Settled Status before the end of March. The fee will be scrapped after 29 March 2019.
As with any new digital service the current pilot scheme is in test mode and is therefore subject to change before the final scheme is approved.
If your employee doesn’t have an Android device they can use that of a friend or family member.
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