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New Statutory Pay Rates for 2010
Current rates on SMP, SPP,SAP and SSP.
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Working beyond the Statutory Retirement Age
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations state a national default retirement age of 65 which applies in the absence of you having set your own (usually higher) contractual retirement age.
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How can flexible working help your business
Flexible working is one of the most debated topics in the modern workplace. However, many organisations believe that introducing flexible working schemes can improve productivity, retention and staff morale. Adopting a more flexible approach to work can make significant cost savings to the business and could also be an amicable solution to avoiding redundancies within an organisation.
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Assessment Centres
Assessment Centres are becoming increasingly popular with employers and are considered by many to be the most reliable, objective and fair process of selecting suitable candidates.
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Is an employee entitled to have legal representation at a disciplinary hearing?
Legal representatives, i.e. solicitors, are not permitted in disciplinary hearings involving private sector employees.