Loss of NICs employment allowances for employers who employ illegal workers
Since April 2014, nearly all employers that pay Class 1 National Insurance contributions on their employees’ and directors’ earnings have been entitled to an Employment Allowance. The benefit of the Employment Allowance can cause a reduction of up to £2,000 a year off an employers National Insurance bill.
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Extension of Shared Parental Leave and Pay to grandparents
In October 2015, in acknowledging the role played by grandparents in the support and provision of childcare to working families, the Chancellor announced that shared parental leave and pay will be extended to working grandparents. The fine detail of the proposal is still being worked out but the consultation on how Shared Parental Leave and Pay will be extended to working grandparents is expected to be published in May 2016 as announced in the Chancellors most recent Budget.
The consultation will also cover ways of streamlining the Shared Parental Leave and Pay system, including eligibility requirements and notification systems.
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When is an employer vicariously liable for the actions of its employees?
In two recent cases, the Supreme Court has considered the test for vicarious liability in employment and employment-like relationships to determine when an employer is liable for the acts of its employees.
In Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets plc, a customer had been subjected to a serious assault and racial abuse by the employee in his working hours and on company premises. The customer brought a claim in the County Court against Morrison’s which they contested, arguing that their employee was not acting on their behalf when the customer was assaulted. However, the Supreme Court disagreed.
Administrator
Standing Together is recognised nationally as one of the most innovative domestic violence partnerships in the UK.
We are looking to appoint an Administrator with outstanding administration skills and the ability to use initiative and judgement in dealing with colleagues and partner agencies to maintain and promote the work at Standing Together.
As a key person in a busy team you will administratively support the work in delivering domestic homicide reviews and various Standing Together projects.
Salary: £21,840 (includes London Allowance) Full Time (35 hours per week)
Location: West London
To apply, please download the application pack available on our website at www.standingtogether.org.uk
CLOSING DATE FOR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS: 5 pm, 19th May 2016
INTERVIEWS: 26th May 2016
For any queries, email admin@standingtogether.org.uk or call 0208 748 5717
BME Health Forum warmly invites you to their next quarterly meeting on Domestic Abuse among BME Communities on the 25th May 10-1 at Greenside Community Centre, 24 Lilestone Street, London NW8 8SR.
We will explore the issue of Domestic Abuse from many different angles such as the barriers around housing, the particular difficulties for people with no recourse to public funds and the psychological issues for young people who have been exploited for domestic servitude. We have confirmed presenters from Al Hasaniya, African Women’s Care, Afruca, Justice for Domestic Workers and Standing Together. At the end of the meeting there will be an opportunity for delegates to give feedback to commissioners and providers about what we think the key issues are on this complex topic.
A hot and delicious lunch will be served at 12.30
Everyone is welcome.
Post: Big Local Manager
Salary: £36,183
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: 3 years
Wormholt and White City Big Local is one of 150 Big Local areas, funded over 10 years to achieve lasting change in their community. Two years in, our Big Local is at an exciting point in its development and needs a dynamic, people friendly project manager to take us into the next phase. Key to success is someone who can work with our network of local volunteers to unlock the energy and creativity of local residents; make strategic partnerships with other local stakeholders including the statutory, private and voluntary sectors; support our established resident led partnership board to lead the programme and facilitate a visionary sustainability strategy which will leave a lasting legacy. Match funded by a local charity, we still have £1.6 million of our original £2 million to spend so opportunity abounds but we have the clarity of a plan and the stability of your established team of two staff.
This is a rare opportunity for a committed and passionate community development worker. If you have strong people skills and practical project management experience, we would love to hear from
You.
Committed to quality, equality and valuing diversity, we welcome applications that reflect the cultural diversity of the communities within which we work.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
We would strongly recommend you view our website to get a better picture of what our board has achieved so far www.ourbiglocal.org.uk
Application will be with a CV and covering letter. For more information please contact: Mary@whitecityenterprise.org.uk
or call Mary Hennessy on 020 8743 4545.
Deadline: 10/05/16
First Stage Interview: 18/05/16 Second Stage Interview: pm 25/05/16
We are writing to seek your help in recruiting a panel of young people to design and deliver new ways for young people to have their say on decisions about the services and activities on offer in Hammersmith & Fulham and inform the discussions taking place by the newly established Partnership for Young People.
I attach a flyer which provides some more information about the new young people’s panel and details on how to sign up We have set up an event on Eventbrite for young people to register with – the link is as follows: http://hfpartnershipforyoungpeople-youthvoicepanel1.eventbrite.co.uk
Details will also be posted on the “H&F Youth Involved” Facebook page and, once up and running, on the LBHF internet webpage.
Please do feel free to share the flyer and reference the Event Brite link in your communications. We have just two weeks to recruit a panel of approx 8 – 20 individuals with the first session on 10 May.
In addition, by the end of May, we hope to have a short film and questionnaire, developed by the new young people’s panel, to send out. We would very much appreciate your help in ensuring the young people that attend your project(s) get their opportunity to have their say by watching the film and completing the questionnaire. We’ll be in touch with more details once the young person’s panel is formed.
Fulham Good Neighbours, a local charity with 50 years of experience in supporting older people, is now able to offer its hall to other small local organisations working in this field. If you are looking for wheelchair accessible space to run meetings/workshops or other activities for older people please contact Chris Mikata at chrismikata@fulhamgoodneighbours.org or on 020 7385 8850.
Fulham Good Neighbours are willing to offer the space for free initially, depending on circumstances of each organisation and work with you on building the hire costs into your future fundraising plans.
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Charities and social enterprises in our area are being asked to take part in a research project into the use of data by organisations in the sector. You can help by answering a few simple questions online http://bit.ly/dataevolution .
The research is part of the Data Evolution project being run by the charity DataKind UK and the social enterprise Data Orchard.
The two organisations are trying to work out the challenges and opportunities different sorts of charities and social enterprises face to making better use of data.
They hope that this will mean that it will be possible to provide better advice, signposting and support to organisations at different stages of their use of data.
Emma Prest from DataKind UK explained:
“At DataKind we have seen first hand how transformative the smart use of data can be for charities. Data-driven decision making can save organisations money and increase impact. We want to understand how we can better support the social sector as they progress along their data journeys.”
Sian Basker from Data Orchard CIC added
“The results of this research could have far-reaching impacts on the effectiveness of the sector”
“We need to hear from the charities that haven’t considered what data might mean for them as much as those that are making lots of use of analytics. There are no right or wrong answers”.
You can sign up to be sent a reminder when the survey goes live. Just visit http://bit.ly/dataevolution
More information about the project is available at the project website http://dataevolution.org.uk/ or info@dataorchard.co.uk
