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"Companies could be sleepwalking into pensions chaos"

4/4/2012 7:55 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
Just seven months until it becomes mandatory for companies to offer auto-enrolment into a pension scheme, far too many businesses still simply don't know what is involved and what they will be required to do, employment law specialist Bibby Consulting & Support has warned.

After 1 October this year, UK employers must automatically enrol all ‘eligible employees’ into either the employer's pension scheme or the...

Businesses must plan for the impact of fuel tanker drivers strike

3/30/2012 7:54 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
Businesses need to consider contingency plans if they don't want to be affected by potential strikes by fuel tanker drivers, employment law specialist Bibby Consulting & Support has warned.

While a strike would cause all sorts of direct difficulties with trading through restricted delivery of goods and supplies, the main problem for companies would be staff not being able to get into work, or worse still simply...

''Get the bonfire started now and free businesses from red tape,'' Bibby Consult...

3/26/2012 11:01 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
The Prime Minister has been told that he needs to put a torch under the much-promised "bonfire of red tape" and free small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from bureaucracy that is stifling growth.

Following some major health and safety research published at the beginning of the year, specialist advisor Bibby Consulting and Support has written an open letter to David Cameron to tell him that company owners doubt very...

SMEs are "extremely vulnerable" to vicarious liability claims

3/20/2012 7:10 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) simply don't understand the implications of vicarious liability and how they could be hit with compensation claims that could potentially put them out of business, the employment law specialist Bibby Consulting & Support has claimed.

Vicarious liability is when an employer is liable for the acts and omissions of their employee. There are exceptions, notably if it can be...

TUPE must change – and soon, says Bibby Consulting & Support

3/13/2012 5:30 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
The current Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations need radical reform, particularly in the regulations covering transfer of service provision, Bibby Consulting & Support has warned.

The employment law specialist insisted that the existing TUPE regulations, introduced just five years ago are so overly complex that they have been open to various interpretations, making for an extremely...

Holiday accrual changes ''will harm small businesses''

3/9/2012 4:33 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
Small businesses should brace themselves for employees making requests to claim back annual leave when they have become ill while on holiday, the employment specialist and health and safety advisor Bibby Consulting & Support has warned.

Managing Director Michael Slade said companies will be frustrated and disappointed that more rights are being given to employees at a time when the government has pledged to reduce...

Bibby Consulting & Support appoints new chairman

3/7/2012 6:55 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
Employment law specialist and health and safety advisor Bibby Consulting & Support has appointed a new non-executive chairman.

David Robertson joins the Newcastle-under-Lyme company from Bibby Financial Services (BFS) where he was global chief executive.

Robertson won a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 after overseeing Bibby Financial Services' aggressive growth strategy which saw pre-tax profits soar from...

Learn from the Olympics and improve safety in construction

3/2/2012 4:30 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
The construction industry could become a much safer place if it learnt lessons from the preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games, according to Michael Slade, Managing Director of health and safety advisor and employment law specialist Bibby Consulting & Support.

Slade said he agreed with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which challenged the construction industry to adopt the London 2012 construction project...

Employment tribunal success rate for Bibby Consulting & Support soars above the ...

2/24/2012 8:55 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
In the last two years, employment law specialist and health and safety advisor Bibby Consulting & Support has achieved results for companies in employment tribunals that have surpassed the national average, an analysis of their latest business performance shows.

Bibby Consulting & Support's advocates delivered a 10 per cent difference in successful outcomes in 2010/11 compared to the national average. At the same...

Businesses don't believe government can simplify health & safety

2/14/2012 5:14 AM EST  -   Changeworks Communications Ltd
Watch a short video interview of Michael Slade, Managing Director of Bibby Consulting & Support, regarding interesting findings from the company’s Health and Safety Survey 2012 at:


Businesses don't believe government can simplify health & safety

UK companies are highly sceptical that the government is going to deliver on its promise to slash the amount of health and safety legislation and make it easier for them...