New Policy for public sector IT systems
Cabinet Office Minister Ian McCartney yesterday unveiled a key plan in the Government's drive to get all its services online by 2005 and cut bureaucracy within the public sector. Speaking at London's QE2 Centre, Mr McCartney launched the e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) – a piece of policy which will help IT systems across the whole […]
Backcare week and European Health and Safety Week
At an annual cost of £3.8 billion to the British economy and with 16 million sufferers in the UK, back strain is an industrial injury businesses. To highlight the growing problem, next week in European Week for Safety and Health (16 – 22 October), the TUC, BackCare and the Forum of Private Business are launching […]
Businesses could be defenceless under corporate killing laws says CBI
Proposals for a new offence of corporate killing could leave companies defenceless because there are no clear tests of whether a firm is to blame. The warning comes yesterday from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) in response to a government plan for reforming manslaughter legislation. The CBI argues that the proposals are unfair because […]
Passing share option gains to the employee
The Government yesterday laid regulations to help companies who grant share options to their employees as part of their remuneration packages but who experience highly volatile share prices. The new regulations, which follow new legislation introduced in the summer, provides the process to enable employers to seek approval so that they may make an election […]
Big Brother star Craig tells how to make charities the winners
Big Brother star, Craig Phillips, today joined forces with Treasury Minister, Melanie Johnson, to plunge the taxman into a bath of cold, baked beans at the launch of a Government campaign to double the amount of money given to charities through the payroll. Whether it's bungee jumping or sitting in a bath of beans, people […]
Payroll Giving: Background Information
The Government aims to double the amount of money given through the payroll to more than £60 million a year by April 2003. It also aims to increase the number of employers operating Payroll Giving schemes and to widen access to the scheme from one in five employees to one in three by 2003. Most […]
Share option NIC regulations: Background Information
Under new legislation introduced in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 the employer and employee will be able to make a joint election under which the liability for all or part of the employer's NICs on share option gains is transferred to the employee. These regulations provide the supporting legislation to enable […]
The right to snoop
I'm grateful to Carol Baker, Editor at the BusinessZONE our sister site for small businesses for the following editorial. From 24 October 2000, employers will be able to snoop on employees' e-mails and phone calls following a government decision allowing companies "routine access" to assess whether e-mails and phones calls made during office hours are […]
Job stress and mental illness
A report from the Telegraph tells how a survey by mental health charity MIND reveals that people believe that job problems and occupational stress are more likely to cause mental illness than marriage breakdowns, bereavement or lonliness. The MIND survey is published today to mark World Mental Health Day on 10th October. 1,500 people were […]
Employment Minister backs jobs for disadvantaged communities
Employment Minister Tessa Jowell today pledged Government support for ground breaking schemes run by local communities to create jobs in deprived areas. Ms Jowell said the Government's New Deal Innovation Fund was producing excellent results in around 50 schemes across the country helping disadvantaged people find jobs. A further £9.5 million is available over the […]
HR Zone Newswire # 1 – Special launch issue, feature interview
100 newswires ago, this is how HR Briefing started! ================================================================== HR Zone Newswire – Issue 16 July 2000http://wwww.hrzone.co.uk ================================================================== This is the launch issue of the new HR Zone Newswire. HR Zonecomplements the existing TrainingZONE website and focuses onemployment, legislation, personnel and human resource issues.http://www.hrzone.co.uk This first issue is sponsored by PrimeLearning.com – a leadingprovider […]
