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Keep calm and carry a BYOD policy!

The Information Commissioners Office has issued a warning following a breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 where a member of staff at the Royal Veterinary College lost a camera which contained passport images of six job applicants. Aberdeen City Council received a penalty of £100,000 following a data breach where sensitive information was uploaded […]

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Electronic signatures – suitable for recruiters?

Electronic signatures have been hailed as a way for businesses to be more efficient in contract negotiations, by allowing parties to sign documents with speed and certainty. This approach has also been credited with increasing the security of documents and records, which can easily be duplicated and saved in secured locations. In the recruitment industry, […]

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Does the recent ET decision in Thompson v Paymaster (October 2013) doom the umbrella model?

The decision of an Employment Tribunal on 4th October 2013 meant that 6 individuals supplied as agency workers through the umbrella provider Paymaster were neither employees nor workers of Paymaster despite being signed up on written employment contracts, writes Adrian Marlowe of the recruitment and employment law specialist Lawspeed. Paymaster had gone into receivership leaving […]

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Knowledge is Power seminar – London: 27th November 2013

Critical issues for the recruitment industry Lawspeed – the recruitment & employment law experts – present a cutting edge seminar to keep you up-to-date with all the important topics. Subjects covered include: maximising compliance and protecting fees with today’s technologies, changes to regulatory structures, contractor tax update, zero hours contracts and restrictive covenants in the […]

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LinkedIn contacts in High Court case

Five years ago there was a significant ruling at the High Court concerning the use of LinkedIn contacts where it was found that these had been uploaded to an individual’s personal account they could constitute company property when the employment ceased. (Hays Specialist Recruitment (Holdings) Ltd & Another v Ions & Another [2008]). Since then […]

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Protect your fees

What happens if a hirer is unhappy with a contractor you have placed with them and is unwilling to pay for their time spent on assignment? In order for employment businesses to ensure that they receive payments that they are entitled to it is vital that they have correct protection in place. A recent case […]

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Celebrating Equality and Diversity at work

Everyone knows that it is illegal to discriminate in the workplace, directly or indirectly, against anyone on the grounds of; age, sex, disability, religion or belief, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership or race. But it wasn’t always like this… 1963 Last month people across the world remembered and celebrated […]

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Pension auto enrolment hits 1 million landmark

The millionth worker was automatically enrolled onto a workplace pension in July according to the Pensions Regulator. All companies will have to automatically enrol eligible workers (which can include PAYE temps and employed agency workers) into qualifying pension schemes, deduct contributions for workers and make employer contributions on their behalf. The national auto enrolment scheme […]

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Contract maintenance – protection against risk

Last week Lawspeed delivered updated Agency to Umbrella contracts to scores of recruitment businesses as part of the legal firm’s on-going dedication to protecting clients’ commercial interests. Ravi Murphy, Director at Lawspeed said: “This latest Contract addresses new potential risk and brings greater clarity to the commercial relationships between agencies and their ‘umbrella’ suppliers. It […]

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