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EDITOR'S NOTE:
Hello and welcome to our September issue of Persona. This month we're looking at managing social media in the workplace - a topic which we hear a lot about from worried employers. We also bring you news of the first Bribery Act Prosecution, serving as a reminder to put a policy in place if you think your business could be at risk. And finally, further to last month's FAQs on Agency Workers, we've provided a simple 'How to' so you can start taking steps to ensure your business is compliant with the new regulations. I'd love to hear your feedback, so feel free to email me at
charlotte@p3pm.co.uk
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Is your company social media savvy?
Social media has revolutionised many aspects of our lives and within the workplace the advantages are manifold - from marketing and networking to information sharing and recruitment; with leading firms across all sectors now using social media as a key platform for finding the best young graduates.
However, the rapid development of social media brings with it many pitfalls for employers, including defamatory comments, breaches of security, the risk of cyber bullying and discrimination, and of course, time-wasting.
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Employment Law Update
The First 'Bribery Act' Prosecution
Just two months after the Bribery Act was brought into force the FA Magistrates' Court clerk is the first person to be prosecuted under the Bribery Act. The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that it is prosecuting Munir Yakub Patel under the Bribery Act 2010 in relation to allegations of misconduct during his employment at Redbridge Magistrates' Court, Ilford, London. Mr Patel, an administrative clerk, faces a charge under Section 2 of the Act for requesting and receiving a bribe intending to improperly perform his functions.
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How to prepare for the Agency Worker Regulations 2011
The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) 2010 which are in force from 1 October 2011, place obligations on employers that hire or otherwise use workers who are agency workers under the Regulations.
If you are an employer and hire temporary agency workers through a Temporary Work Agency (TWA), you should provide your agency with up-to-date information on your terms and conditions so that they can ensure that an agency worker receives the correct equal treatment, as if they had been recruited directly, after 12 weeks in the same job. You are responsible for ensuring that all agency workers can access your facilities and are able to view information on your job vacancies from the first day of their assignment with you.
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...that Facebook has over 500 million users and more than 30 billion pieces of content shared each month on the platform, whilst Twitter is now five years old and has 175 million users, with over a billion tweets written each week and 500,000 new Twitter accounts created each day?
(Source: Nielson, August 2011).
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