HR fact file
It’s a legal jungle out there! We’ve trawled the net to find the most useful sources of info on headline legislation plus some handy online calculators and good to know resources like the annual HR Salary Survey.
Legislation watch
Health and safety www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm
Age discrimination www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1082249786&r.lc=en&r.s=sl
Disability Discrimination Act www.dwp.gov.uk/employer/disability-discrimination-act
Default Retirement Age www.bis.gov.uk/policies/employment-matters/strategies/default-retirement
New 2011 eye test law www.pmihealthgroup.co.uk/business/advice-centre1/advice-and-top-tips/eyecare
Welfare Reform www.dwp.gov.uk/policy/welfare-reform/
Equality Act www.pmihealthgroup.co.uk/equality and http://www.equalities.gov.uk/equality_bill.aspx
Working Time Directive www.hse.gov.uk/contact/faqs/workingtimedirective.htm
Company car driver legislation www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf
Online calculators
Statutory payment calculator: find out what maternity, paternity, sick or adoption benefits you have to pay employees, courtesy of the Inland Revenue
www.hmrc.gov.uk/calcs/stat-calcs.htm
Redundancy payment ready reckoner: enter age, years of service and wage and find out how much statutory redundancy pay would be due
http://www.direct.gov.uk/redundancy.dsb
Staff holiday calculator: find out how to calculate staff holiday entitlement, including for part-time work and other working patterns.
BMI calculator: the first step to a healthier lifestyle for your staff
www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx
Good to know...
Salary survey 2011: find out how your salary compares with the industry average in the Reed 2011 Salary Survey
http://www.reedglobal.com/employer/resource-centre/salary-guides/salary-guides.php?page=2
The HR calendar: find out about forthcoming HR conferences, events, training courses and online seminars here
http://www.xperthr.co.uk/conferences/default.aspx
CIPD survey reports: the latest data and analysis on topical HRissues from the CIPD
http://www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources/survey-reports/
Absence management tool:a 4-part overview of the keyissues from the CIPD, theHealth and Safety Executiveand Acas.
www.cipd.co.uk/hrresources/practical-tools/absence-management.aspx
CIPD factsheets: a very comprehensive AtoZ of useful fact sheets
www.cipd.co.uk/onlineinfodocuments/atozresources.htm
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