Employment advice
Service outline:
Anyone employing people must comply with health and safety law, notify the enforcing authority (the Council or the Health and Safety Executive) and provide health and safety information to their employees.
Advice about the Working Time Regulations is available from the Department For Business and Regulatory Reform or the ACAS website
Information about employing disabled people, and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is available from the Directgov website or the Disability Rights Commission
Under the Disability Discrimination Act, employers of 15 or more people now have a legal duty to make their workplace accessible to people with mental health problems. For advice and information, go to the Mind Out for Mental Health website, which has a 'Working Minds' Campaign Employers' Toolkit to download.
The Directgov Employment website - has information on maternity rights, paternity rights,adoption rights, and flexible working rights, including the changes from 6 April 2003.
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) publishes a range of books for people managing workplace health & safety.
The Employment Relations section of the main DTI website covers hours of work and part-time work, pay entitlement and the National Minimum Wage, public holidays, employment agency standards, individual employment rights, redundancy arrangements, employee consultation, trade unions and collective rights.
Advice for employers on best practice can be obtained from the DTI Partnership at Work Fund , the Involvement and Participation Association (IPA) Partnership at Work and the DTI Great Place to Work website.
Further Information
Key contacts
Contact: Ribble Valley Borough Council
Email: webmaster@ribblevalley.gov.uk
Telephone: 01200 425111
Fax: 01200 414432
Ribble Valley Borough Council, Council Offices, Church Walk, Clitheroe, BB7 2RA