In the care sector, you are more likely to face a compensation
claim from a disgruntled employee than a fire or indeed most other
types of claims.
This fact has long been recognised by us and is the reason why
we include a comprehensive legal expenses section
- with 24-hour telephone legal support - in our Care
Concept 2000 + policy.
However, the potential employment tribunal claim is only the
tip of the iceberg. We are all acutely aware of the myriad of
employment law rules, changes and procedural requirements that we
are expected to have a working knowledge of.
And despite the Government's protestations that they are
seeking to cut back on red tape and beauracracy, 2006 will see over
a dozen new pieces of employment legislation and regulatory
changes.
Examples:
The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, The Transfer
of Undertakings Regulations 2006 and The Working Time (Amendments)
Regulations 2006.
So how does the hard-pressed care home proprietor or manager
keep up to date? Abbey Legal Protection, who provide our legal
expenses cover and helpline have created ‘CybHR’, the on-line guide
to Employment Law and HR matters which all our policyholders can
access at any time.
Key features
Regular email employment news alert briefings (14 in 2006 to
date) - comprehensive guide to employment law, split into
digestible bite size chunks and written in jargon-free
English.
Fully interactive suite of over one hundred employment and HR
documents all of which are constantly updated – including
recruitment forms, policies, procedures, employment contracts,
agreements and a staff handbook.
A fully secure employee database, where the employee details,
including a record of contracts and policies issued to individual
employees, can be stored.
The CybHR website has over 10,000 user sessions a month, with
an average length of time on the site of ten minutes. The most
popular area of the site is the document download suite, which
enables the home owner to ensure their employment contracts and
similar documents are up to date, closely followed by the
Employment Law guide.
We have arranged with Abbey Legal Protection that all our Care
Concept 2000 + policyholders have access to the CybHR site – with
the added value benefit of clients being able to book the services
of one of Abbey’s specialist employment lawyers for one to one
consultations.
(Policyholders - if you have not already logged in
to CybHR, please
take a moment to look at your last renewal document which provided
simple instructions for registering. If you still need assistance,
please don't hesitate to contact us.)
Adrian Carter, Director - Towergate Patrick
Tel: 0208 336 0099, Fax: 0208 336 0099
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