Risks to Customers from Staff incentive Schemes

Employment
Risks to Customers from Staff incentive Schemes (UK) Following research that revealed a significant number of consumer credit firms have inadequate systems to manage the risks that their staff incentive schemes can pose to consumers, the Financial Conduct Authority is
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Manslaughter Through Employer’s Negligence (E, W)

Employment
06/07/2017 Views are sought on the first-ever sentencing guideline drawn up to cover cases of manslaughter that could include a workplace fatality caused by an employer’s negligence. Because of the serious nature of manslaughter, the wide range of offending covered
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Guidance on Off-The-Job Apprenticeship Training (E)

Employment
30/06/2017 A ‘huge amount of work’ has gone into the guidelines and illustrative examples through which the Dept for Education explains the core requirement of the new apprenticeship levy that a minimum 20% of apprentices’ paid time at work must
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Grant Thornton Tops UK Social Mobility Index (UK)

Employment
23/06/2017 Accounting firm Grant Thornton heads the first-ever ‘Social Mobility Employer Index – Top 50’ – an initiative which aims to improve the UK’s dismal social mobility record by annually ranking the UK employers who are most open to recruiting and progressing talent from
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Tribunal Rules for Father in Paid Paternity Leave Case (E, W)

Employment
09/06/2017 A father who took paid paternity leave to look after his newborn baby when his wife suffered from post natal depression is entitled to the same enhanced rate of pay as a mother would have received under his firm’s
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