In this eNewsletter: Employment Law Contacts  Neil Maclean Direct Dial:   Chris McDowall Direct Dial:
Where are we?1 Rutland Court,
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Club HR is a forum for HR professionals and others with HR responsibilities to get together and discuss key legal issues affecting the workplace. We encourage open discussion in these informal group sessions and it provides an excellent opportunity for CPD for HR professionals.
The year aheadEmployment law never stands still for very long and 2007/08 promises to be no exception! Legislative changes will be implemented in accordance with the usual timetable in October and April. Amongst some of the changes in October 2007, we will see an increase in the minimum statutory holiday entitlement to 24 days (for employees who work a 5 day week) and the creation of a single equality body, called the Commission for Equality and Human Rights. The body will merge the Commission for Racial Equality, the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Disability Rights Commission and will take responsibility for the laws outlawing workplace discrimination on grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation and age. It will also have responsibility for the promotion of human rights. In April 2008, the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 comes into force and creates a new offence of corporate homicide in Scotland, which would allow organisations to be prosecuted for management failures that lead to the deaths of employees and others. Furthermore the obligations to inform and consult under the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 and the Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers and Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2006 will be extended to cover undertakings with 50 or more employees. The Pension Regulations require employers to consult with prospective and active members of pension schemes and their representatives before making major or significant changes to future pension arrangements. Club HR programmeOur programme for 2007/2008 considers the legislative changes ahead as well as those from the recent past. We start the new programme with “Outsourcing - a Look at the Legal and Practical Issues under TUPE 2006”. We are beginning to obtain guidance from the Tribunal and Appeal Tribunal on TUPE 2006 as the first waive of cases come through the Tribunal system. We plan to “round up” where we are with outsourcing and give some practical guidance on how to tackle this tricky area under TUPE 2006.
Venues and formatEdinburgh Club HR meetings are held at our offices at 1 Rutland Court, Edinburgh and our Glasgow Club meetings will be held at our new Glasgow Office at 24 Blythswood Square. You and/or your colleagues can attend either the Edinburgh or Glasgow Club meetings and can alternate between the locations should you wish. A light breakfast and networking opportunity will be provided prior to each meeting (from 8.00am) with the meeting itself running between 8.30am and 9.30am. For enquiries regarding any of the topics featured in this programme, please contact Neil Maclean or Chris McDowall. For booking enquries please contact Stephanie Brammer on 0131 625 7223 or e-mail stephanie.brammer@andersonstrathern.co.uk. |
