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Government to scrap employment programme for disabled people

Workplace Insight

A £100 million program designed to help disabled people find work in England and Wales has been quietly cancelled, raising concerns as the government pursues plans to reduce disability benefits. The Work and Health Programme (WHP), launched in 2017, will cease operation this autumn.

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HR technology trends for 2017: Curing government compliance concerns

Insperity

If you’ve still got someone entering timesheet data by hand, 2017 is the year to automate your HR processes. The good news is that 2017 promises to offer several HR software products to help small and middle market businesses stay compliant. Integration, convenience and mobility are key.

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Auto Enrolment Pension Staging Date: A Guide for Employers

Employee Benefits

Indeed, it’s been a statutory requirement for all UK companies since 2017. The UK Government opted for a phased introduction of this scheme to streamline understanding and provide crucial advice to companies. From 2017 onwards, all UK businesses, regardless of size, are obliged to implement auto enrolment pension schemes.

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CIPHR retains G-Cloud Status for 2017

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Some interesting G-Cloud sales stats (as of 10th Jan 2017) include: £1,696,137,364 - current total (ex VAT) of reported G-Cloud sales, November 2016. 77% of total sales by value were through Central Government; 23% through the wider public sector. The post CIPHR retains G-Cloud Status for 2017 appeared first on CIPHR.

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Cautious welcome for government’s disability plan which aims to make UK ‘most accessible nation’

Workplace Insight

million more disabled people in work now than in 2017, which the government claims is delivering a commitment five years early. Now, we are calling on the Government to go further and to commit funding to make assistive tech available for everyone who needs it. “We This has included seeing 1.3

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How to Keep Personal Information Safe

Money Talk

Widespread data hackings are increasingly common, whether it is a credit bureau (Equifax in 2017), a hotel (Marriott in 2018), an online game producer (Zynga in 2019) a federal government agency (OPM in 2015), or an Internet media company (Yahoo! Another common scam is phone calls and e-mails claiming to be from a bank.or the IRS.

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Workplace Ethics [Episode 5] Jacob Ficner on Managing Ethical Risk with Technology

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” by Khondkar Karim, SangHyun Suh, Jiali Tang, Social Responsibility Journal, 2016 “ The State of Moral Leadership in Business ”, The HOW Institute for Society, New York, 2022 “ Striking a Balance Between Rules and Principles-Based Approaches for Effective Governance ” by Surendra Arjoon, Journal of Business Ethics “ The Worth of Values – A Literature (..)