September Employment Update Hours of work

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 Hours of Work:

• Is there any legal limit on hours which can be worked?
• Why is it important to get it right?
• What if we want to change the hours?
• What if the employee wants to change the hours?
• What is the best practice approach to overtime?

If you would like to discuss hours of work within your council in the context of the advice within this briefing then please do contact the BALC office for referral to Bethan Osborne who is acting as Employment Consultant to the Association

Finally, a reminder of a change which is taking effect in October:
National Minimum Wage increase from 1October 2014
•    £6.50 for workers 21 and over
•    £5.13 for workers 18-20 yrs
•    £3.79 for 16-17 yrs old
•    £2.73 for apprentices under 19 (or 19 and over who are in the first year of apprenticeship)