August Employment Update - Workplace Pensions and Shared Parental Leave

BALC is now offering its member councils access to Bethan Osborne, an experienced HR and employment advisor. As part of that service Bethan will write a monthly article on relevant employment legislation changes that could affect your council. The full article will be placed in the Documents section of our website, under the BALC documents tab. This months article is about pensions, this is important, please read it and act upon it if appropriate for your council. The briefing comes in two parts and also covers shared parental leave:

• What is auto-enrolment all about?
• When is it being implemented?
• What are the minimum criteria for pensions under auto-enrolment?
• Will it affect my council?
• When will it affect us?
• Will it affect all employees?
• What if employees don’t want a pension?
• What if we are already in LGPS?
• What if we offer a private pension already?
• What if we do not have a pension provider?
• Can we opt for NEST instead of our existing plan?
• What if our Clerk has a Retirement Gratuity in his/her contract of employment?
• What do we need to do to be prepared?
• Do we need to talk to our staff about this?
• Where can I find out more? 

Shared Parental Leave – five minute briefing

• What is happening to rights for expectant and new parents?
• Why do we need to know about it so soon?
• Can anyone take time off like this?
• How much notice do the parties need to give their employers?
• What will Mums and Dads on Shared Parental Leave earn?.
• Can parents return to their original jobs after Shared Parental Leave?
• What do we need to do next?