Have your say on how customer tips in hospitality should be distributed. Should the owners of hospitality establishments, restaurants, cafes etc be allowed to keep tips rather than pass them on to staff? . What about service charges?
Are you up to date with the pending changes to employment law in 2024 and beyond? Check out our update list, via the link below, to see if you have missed any. Employment Law Changes 2024
The British Horseracing Authorities new code of conduct is a good example of what a simple “NOT ACCEPTABLE HERE” policy might look like. The code includes clear statements: Everyone must protect the dignity of others and treat each other with politeness, respect, and kindness. Everyone must ensure that the sport of horseracing is safe for all and free of any form of bullying, harassment, or abuse. No one shall engage in any form of sexual misconduct. Everyone who uses social media and the online space must act responsibly and not engage in any form of online bullying, harassment, or abuse. No one shall abuse positions of power or responsibility or take advantage of those in a vulnerable position. No one shall discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex and sexual orientation. and they are supported by confidential help and reporting lines: “If you need help, support or witness or experience any unacceptable behaviour, please report it to , or call the BHA’s confidential reporting service,RaceWISE on 08000 852 580″ To meet the latest sexual harassment prevention laws all businesses and organisations need to implement robust policies and procedures, AND TRAIN STAFF IN THEIR USE. Concrew Training can assist
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The ICO has made it clear that “A website’s cookie banner should make it as easy to reject non-essential cookies as it is to accept them”. The ICO will be assessing cookie banners of the most frequently used websites in the UK, and taking action where harmful design is affecting consumers. All website owners need to take heed. Read the full ICO publication here Concrew Training offers a range of courses on data protection, GDPR and PECR. The ICO issues more fines for PECR breaches than GDPR breaches ! GDPR, PECR and Data Protection Training Courses HERE We also offer one hour courses that allow the whole workforce to be trained for just £795+vat
Christmas Parties, see by many as a moral and team building bonanza and by others as a nightmare in waiting. The big question facing all employers is should we ban them? The opportunity to relax get to know colleagues better, team build and let off steam has clear benefits but all to often social events and especially Christmas parties turn sour. Harassment and especially sexual harassment is common place. There is a high risk of discrimination, accessibility, diet and food, religion and faith, child care etc not to mention the health and safety risks associated with large numbers of people in unfamiliar venues. The risks for the employer fall heavily in favour of avoiding Christmas parties all together. There are some easy to follow approaches that can help keep everyone safe and mitigate risk. download our free guide below Christmas Parties, reducing the risks More Free Guides available HERE >>>>
Increasing levels of ideology is leading to a wide range of nationalism and extremism. PREVENT aims to tackle all forms of extremism, including, Right Wing, XRW, neo-Nazi, Irish, al-Queda, Isis, Islamic, Palestinian and Jewish. Concrew Training’s Prevent courses help you to understand how to identify and support those at risk of becoming extremists and terrorists. For Managers For Staff
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) require websites give users fair choices over whether or not to be tracked for personalised advertising. Websites need to make it as easy for users to “Reject All” advertising cookies as it is to “Accept All” advertising cookies. They are now starting to enforce this. Concrew Training’s webs sites only contain cookies that are strictly necessary for the smooth running and protection of the website and does not burden users with cookie advertising opt in opt out banners. The ICO issues for penalties for breaches of the PECR than it does for breaches of the GDPR. Our course on the PECR is essential for all markerteers and website designers/managers
Writing in PERSONELL TODAY today, Francesca Charlton, of international law firm “Charles Russell Speechlys” highlights the need for robust policies and staff training to combat sexual harassment at work Concrew Training have long advocated the same and our courses are designed to meet these needs. Developing and Implementing Policies https://concrew-training.co.uk/courses/preventing-sexual-harassment Training Staff https://concrew-training.co.uk/one-hour
The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 now requires employers to take reasonable steps to prevent the sexual harassment of their employees in the course of their employment. Further it allows tribunals to increase compensation payments to victims by up to 25% if they did not take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment. Given that most sexual harassment cases are likely to involve discrimination, which has no compensation limits, compensation payments are likely to be substantial. As we have seen with McDonalds the consequences go much further than monetary penalties. All employers now need to consider if their policies and procedures are robust. As a minimum explicit no tolerance policies will be required and employers will need to be able to evidence that they have been implemented robustly; this requires far more than writing a policy and filing it on hard drive somewhere. All Managers and Staff will need to be trained, probably annually, and their participation evidenced. The policies and training will need to include, as a minimum: A clear statement that bullying, harassment and sexual harassment are prohibited The consequences if an employee is found to have bullied or harassed another Examples of prohibited practice – including “banter” The action employees should take if they experience bullying and harassment; including sexual harassment The action employees should take if they witness bullying and harassment; including sexual harassment The action managers should take if bullying and harassment; including sexual harassment, is reported to them The new act received royal assent on 26th October 2023 and comes into force on 26 October 2024. Whilst this may appear some way off it is imperative that employers have everything in place as soon as possible. Concrew Training offers Training for HR teams and management to help support the development of robust policies and procedures relating to the prevention of sexual harassment at work and training for staff to improve their knowledge and understanding on how they can help prevent sexual harassment at work Image: harassment– later accusation, belated accusation, many years later by Valeriy Osipov used under CC BY 4.0
