ICO: Law change outlaws ‘back door’ criminal record check
Summary From 10th March 2015. Employers can not demand employees access information about themselves under the DPA. This ‘enforced subject access’ bypassed the legal [...]
Construction
HO/CO: Cyber security ‘myths’ putting a third of SME revenue at risk
Summary 66% of SMEs don’t consider their business to be vulnerable. Just 16% say that improving their cyber security is a top priority for 2015. 24% think that cyber [...]
Updated Guidance: Comply with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
Summary Environment Agency Guidance on the ESOS Regulations. Organisations that qualify must submit energy audit by 5th December 2015. Original Author: Environment Agency [...]
Blog: Apple to spend $850m on solar energy.
Summary Apple to spend $850m on solar energy. Could supply Power to 60,000 homes in California. Solar power production in America up by 139,000% in the last decade. Original [...]
Shared Parental Leave: Parents-to-be begin the countdown.
Summary Up to 50 weeks shared parental leave. Babies due on or after 5th April 2015. Parents to agree the pattern of leave they intend to take with 8 weeks’ notice to [...]
DECC: Switch to save – £2.7 billion up for grabs by switching energy supplier
Summary 13.5 million households across the UK are “missing out”. ‘Power to Switch’ campaign, launched today [16/02/15] Market Reforms include: Halving [...]
The Infrastructure Act becomes law.
Summary Highways Agency becomes Government Owned Company. End “unreasonable and excessive” delays on projects. Improvements for the Land Registry. Local [...]
Heat Network (Metering and Billing Regulations 2014): guidance to compliance and enforcement of the legislation.
Summary Implement the requirements in the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Related to the supply of distributed heat, cooling, hot water and cold water. Original [...]
HSE: 2013/2014 Health & Safety Statistics Released
Summary 2013/2014 Statisticvs Released for Injury, Illness and Death in UK. HSE Appeals to all regions’ employers as new figures underline importance of workplace [...]
BIS: 37 National Minimum Wage Offenders Named
Summary 37 Organisations named and shamed. HMRC’s enforcement budget to be increased by £3 million. Between them they owe workers a total of over £177,000 in arrears. [...]
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