Jul 31, 2023 Flexible working changes: New flexible friend or same old creaky companion? By Libby Hubbard The royal assent stamp will need some new ink given the amount of time it's been out of the box recently! The Employment Relations...
Jul 28, 2023 Are you a charity or community organisation providing support to vulnerable people? The £76m Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund is live now.. By Sarah Patrice The Government has announced the launch of the £76 million Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund available to charities and...
Jul 27, 2023 Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome – Have you considered your obligations? By Molly Quinney Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) is a serious but preventable disabling condition. Nearly two million people are at risk of developing...
Jul 27, 2023 Wildfires in Corfu: A climate call to action for your organisation By Natalie Barbosa We’ve all seen the latest news regarding the wildfires in Corfu, serving as a reality check for much of the world’s press and public. In...
Jul 27, 2023 Payment in lieu of holidays – EAT tells employers not to short-change workers By Sarah Harnett We all know holiday pay is not straight forward, the case of Conner v Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police has highlighted a...
Jul 27, 2023 Regulatory round-up: Care and housing prosecutions update 2023 By Freya Cassia We have just published our most recent prosecutions update which comments on some of the regulatory trends we have been seeing over the...
Jul 26, 2023 Consultation on the consumer standards is out... By Sarah Patrice The much anticipated consultation on the new consumer standards is out now. The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) is seeking views on the...
Jul 25, 2023 Local Government Pension Scheme 2022 valuation outcome – decoding the numbers By Doug Mullen With the three-yearly funding valuation of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) now complete, the headline is that many of the 86...
Jul 25, 2023 Quickie' divorces and will writing to be investigated By Elizabeth Wyatt Never has the adage 'you get what you pay for' rung more true. How anyone can believe that a divorce can be quick is beyond me. The...
Jul 20, 2023 Increase in rejected LPA applications By Lucy Bluck New data published has shown that nearly 130,000 lasting power of attorney (LPA) applications have been rejected by the Office of the...
Jul 19, 2023 NAO report highlights need for more effective competition in procurement By Steven Brunning Today, the National Audit Office has released a report which examines whether the Government has mechanisms in place to understand and...
Jul 19, 2023 CQC focus on workforce wellbeing By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Tim Coolican Elizabeth Massey The CQC recently sought responses from providers and professionals working in the health and social care sector on what workforce...