The recruitment sector is currently regulated by the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. These regulate both the business-to-business and business-to-individual relationships in the recruitment sector.
The Employment Law Review and the Red Tape Challenge identified that the legislation needs reform to ensure it is fit for purpose in today’s labour market.
SCHOOL TEACHERS REVIEW BODY REPORT 2012
21 January 2013
It has been proposed that from September 2013, schools will have greater freedom in setting pay for teachers.
“Schools will from this September get more freedom over how they pay their teachers” confirms Michael Gove, Education Secretary”
This announcement came within a press release from the Department of Education which confirms that the Government have accepted all of the key recommendations within the School Teachers’Review Body: Twenty-First Report - 2012 . The report was produced by the independent School Teachers’ Review Body’s (STRB) following a request from the Secretary of State in early 2012. A fact sheet has been produced for Teachers, which highlights that from September 2013 greater flexibility is being introduced for schools which will enable schools to be able to reward high performance, where currently that opportunity may not be open to them.
Full details of proposal along with the key points which include:
An end to pay increases based on length of service – currently virtually all full time classroom teachers on the main pay scale automatically progress to the next pay point.
A link between pay progression and performance, which will be based upon annual appraisals, which is already in operation for some teachers who are on a higher pay scale;
The abolition of mandatory pay points, within the pay scales, for classroom teachers to give schools greater freedom on how much teachers are paid. The scales would however remain in place for reference only in the main pay scale to guide career expectations for new teachers entering the profession.
Retention of the higher pay bands for London and fringe areas.
CIPD ANNUAL SURVEY REPORT 2012 – EMPLOYEE ATTITUDES TO PAY
17 January 2013
The CIPD have published their fifth edition of the CIPD annual survey of employee attitudes to pay. The CIPD aims within this research to examine:
Employer pay decisions; The basis of these decisions Employee reactions to these pay and bonus decisions Employee predictions about what could happen with their pay and bonuses during 2013. The Annual survey report 2012 can be downloaded at the CIPD website.
CIPP Policy News Journal
12/04/2013, Page 325 of 362
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