Adoption (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements) Act 2012.........................199 EQUALISATION ............................................................................................................. 199 Sickness Absence Review ....................................................................................199 CIPP POLICY SURVEY - REVIEW OF SICKNESS ABSENCE ...................................... 200 CIPP SURVEY RESPONSE: SICKNESS ABSENCE REVIEW ...................................... 200 INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF SICKNESS ABSENCE REPORT PUBLISHED................ 200 CIPP POLICY SURVEY: YOUR VIEWS ON SICKNESS ABSENCE RECORD KEEPING ARE NEEDED................................................................................................ 201 Statutory Payments Consultation Group.............................................................201 STATUTORY PAYMENTS CONSULTATION GROUP MINUTES .................................. 201 Advance Funding ...................................................................................................201 ADVANCE FUNDING FOR STATUTORY PAYMENTS .................................................. 201 Miscellaneous .................................................................................................. 202 Agency Workers Regulations ...............................................................................202 AGENCY WORKERS REGULATIONS DRAFT GUIDANCE PUBLISHED...................... 202 AGENCY WORKERS REGULATIONS........................................................................... 203 FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO AGENCY WORKERS REGULATIONS ......................... 203 AGENCY WORKERS REGULATIONS - MINOR AMENDMENTS .................................. 203 AGENCY WORKER REGULATIONS GOING AHEAD ................................................... 204 TEACHERS ARE NOT EXEMPT FROM AGENCY WORKERS REGULATIONS ........... 205 Autumn Statement .................................................................................................205 AUTUMN STATEMENT NOVEMBER 2011.................................................................... 205 Bribery Act..............................................................................................................208 NEW BRIBERY ACT TO COME INTO FORCE 1 JULY 2011 ......................................... 208 Company Pay & Reporting....................................................................................209 GREATER TRANSPARENCY PROPOSED IN COMPANY PAY AND REPORTING ..... 209 GENDER PAY GAP GUIDANCE.................................................................................... 209 Disguised Remuneration.......................................................................................209 DISGUISED REMUNERATION Q AND A....................................................................... 210 DISGUISED REMUNERATION DRAFT GUIDANCE...................................................... 210 DISGUISED REMUNERATION LEGISLATION .............................................................. 210 DISGUISED REMUNERATION – NICS REGULATIONS................................................ 210 Employment Law....................................................................................................211 NEXT STEPS IN REVIEW OF EMPLOYMENT LAW...................................................... 211 QUALIFICATION PERIOD TO CLAIM UNFAIR DISMISSAL EXTENDED TO 2 YEARS 211 CHANGES MADE TO NHS CONSTITUTION TO ENSHRINE WHISTLEBLOWING LAW212 BUSINESSES SHOULD BE FREE TO HAVE PROTECTED CONVERSATIONS WITH WORKERS..................................................................................................................... 212 CALL FOR EVIDENCE – COLLECTIVE REDUNDANCY CONSULTATION RULES...... 213 CALL FOR EVIDENCE – EFFECTIVENESS OF TUPE REGULATIONS........................ 213 GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES EMPLOYMENT LAW REFORMS ................................. 213 CONSULTATION ON INTRODUCING FEES IN EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNALS .............. 214 EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS: INCREASE OF LIMITS FOR 2012......................................... 215 A BUSY YEAR AHEAD FOR EMPLOYMENT LAW........................................................ 216 REGIONAL MEDIATION PILOT SCHEME LAUNCHED................................................. 217 HARROW COUNCIL CONSULTS ON FLEXIBLE WORKING TO AVIOD REDUNDANCIES AND PAY CUTS................................................................................ 217 UNFAIR DISMISSAL CHANGE WILL NOT BE RETROSPECTIVE ................................ 218 CALL FOR EVIDENCE PUBLISHED ON DEALING WITH DISMISSAL ......................... 218 Equality Act ............................................................................................................219 THE EQUALITY ACT CODES OF PRACTICE ............................................................... 219 PUBLIC SECTOR EQUALITY DUTY.............................................................................. 219 EQUALITY ACT DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION GUIDANCE........................................ 219 ANNUAL SURVEY OF HOURS AND EARNINGS SHOWS REDUCTION IN GENDER PAY GAP........................................................................................................................ 220 GOVERNMENT AMENDS UNENFORCEABLE EQUALITY ACT COMPROMISE AGREEMENT PROVISIONS.......................................................................................... 220 IR35 .........................................................................................................................221
CIPP Policy News Journal
09/10/2012, Page 12 of 234
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