Active Devon is encouraging employees across Devon to try a new sport or activity this month, as Shake Up September from Workplace Challenge aims to get the nation’s workplaces more active.
Workplace Challenge, the free, online activity programme which combines cutting edge technology with sport and physical activity opportunities, is inviting employees in Devon to join the national...
Businesses in Devon face severe financial penalties if they fail to take action in preparation for the introduction of the Government's compulsory workplace pension scheme, called auto-enrolment.
Under Auto-Enrolment every employer with at least one eligible member of staff must enrol them into a workplace pension scheme and contribute towards it.
The government is setting out a range of proposals to reshape workplace pensions for future generations.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says these are designed to create more certainty for individuals, share investment risks more equally, and help employers to keep offering the best possible workplace pensions.
The proposals follow the government's commitment in the...
All businesses in the UK are legally required to ensure the health, safety and welfare of their employees. This includes a duty to control workplace stress: if an employee develops a stress-related illness as a result of a 'reasonably foreseeable incident', the employer may be held liable. ‘Foreseeability’ depends on what the employer knows (or reasonably ought to know) about the member of...
