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theHRDIRECTOR Issue 70
This issue we speak to
Tony McCarthy
HR Director -British Airways

FEATURES

Roundtable - Shared services
Benefits Survey
Succession Planning
CSR
Outsourcing

FEATURING

KPMG
Hays Group
Oakridge
Midland HR
Dynamic Transition

Legal Updates

Our Legal Updates are supplied by theHRDIRECTOR Editorial Panellist, Makbool Javaid, partner, Simons Muirhead & Burton. They comprise Employment Law and Diversity Briefings, both of which provide the latest information for senior HR practitioners.

Below is a snapshot of this month's Legal update, to read the full artcle please click the relevant paragraph...

Employment Law Briefing:

New guidance for employers on preventing illegal working
The UK Border Agency has published guidance to help UK employers understand and carry out permission to work checks on asylum seekers/refugees
Consultation on the future of the right to request time off to train
Consultation has started on whether the statutory right to request time off to train should be repealed, retained, extended or modified
Regulation on 'one-in, one-out' basis from September 2010
A new one-regulation-in, one-regulation-out system will come into force from 1 September 2010 aimed at reducing the costs to business
Bribery Act implementation delayed
Implementation of the Bribery Act has been put back from October 2010 to April 2011 to provide businesses with an adequate familiarisation period
Call for Evidence on the data protection legislative framework
The Ministry of Justice has called for evidence on current data protection legislation to assist with the review of the EU Data Protection Directive
Working for another employer while on sick leave
The EAT holds that an employee may not undertake paid work for anyone else at a time when he is contracted to work for his employer

Diversity Update:

Draft Code of Practice on Equal Pay
The Statutory Code of Practice on Equal Pay has been approved by the Secretary of State and was laid before Parliament on 27 July 2010
HSE dispels myths about disability and health and safety
A new fact sheet from the Health and Safety Executive 9HSE) sets out facts designed to dispel myths about disability and health and safety
Acas publishes Equality Act guide for employers
Acas have published a short guide to the Equality Act 2010 for employers summarising the key changes the Act will introduce
Legitimate aims have to be consistent with social policy
Legitimate aims justifying direct and indirect age discrimination must be consistent with the social or labour policy of the United Kingdom
New Stonewall guide for prospective students
Stonewall has launched Gay By Degree, a guide which shows how gay-friendly every university is in the UK
Malcolm test applies in disability-related employment cases
There was no direct disability-related discrimination where a non-disabled person with the same sickness record would have been treatedthe same way