Executive Recruitment Exhibition and Conference

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EREC 2008

  • The UK’s largest executive recruitment exhibition is waiting to help you
  • Thousands of senior appointments
  • Free seminars to assist in your career development
  • Meet the cream of the UK’s recruitment industry
  • Explore executive franchising opportunities

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TeamSpirit Software Limited the leading provider of integrated HR, Payroll and Time & Attendance software, is pleased to announce that one of its clients, East Suffolk Mind, will be offering free advice on the successful selection and implementation of an integrated HR and Payroll system at the HR Software Show on 18th and 19th June.

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JF Apex innovates with HR Technology

Jacob Fleming ApexJacob Fleming Apex has designed and organised a top of the line ‘HR Technology Summit’ in response to the latest developments in technology being used in HR management. JF Apex has personally invited HR Decision Makers to join the Summit which will provide a programme dedicated to learning about these processes from a selection of Senior HR industry speakers.

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The latest quarterly CIPD/KPMG Labour Market Outlook (LMO) survey of UK employers finds that more than two thirds of employers (69%) never or occasionally accept employee requests to work from home.  This is despite the fact that, of the employers who offer home-working, only 8% believe home-workers are less productive than their office-bound colleagues, while 30% say they are more productive.  The remainder of employers say home-working makes no difference to productivity.

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A Working Group, led by Imelda Walsh, HR Director of Sainsbury, has published its Report into the options for extending the existing right to request flexible working to parents of chil-dren up to the age of 16. As mentioned in a news item last week, the Government has already announced its intention to amend the existing legislation in this way.

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In a decision given on 2 May 2008 in the case MKM Computing Ltd v Revenue & Customs, the Special Commissioner upheld an HMRC decision that Mr. Ellwood, sole director of MKM Computing (MKM), would have been an employee of London General Holdings (LGH) if his contract had been made directly with LGH.

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The government’s decision to extend full employment rights to agency workers after 12 weeks of employment risks undermining the flexibility of the UK labour market, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

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The CIPD has today announced that it will be relocating its Annual Conference and Exhibition to Manchester Central Convention Complex from 2009. The conference will also be moving from its current September slot to a new slot in November to coincide with the move to Manchester.

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New Self-Service HCM Solution for Bradford & Bingley

Another Financial Sector organization uses Application Lynx to implement its Oracle Self-Service Solution

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Charity Payroll Giving - HMRC guidance updated

UK flagThe reduction in the basic rate of tax, from 22% to 20%, has prompted HMRC to review its guidance for employers and employees on the operation of Payroll Giving schemes. Donations given by employees under payroll giving benefit from the “net pay arrangement”, whereby donations to charities are deducted from gross pay before tax (but not before NICs). As a result, the actual cost to the employee, measured by the effect of the donation on the employee’s net pay, is less than the amount deducted from gross pay.

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