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White Paper published ‘Opportunity for all: Strong schools with great teachers for your child’.

5 May 2022

The government has published an education policy paper ‘Opportunity for all Strong schools with great teachers for your child’.

Fit notes no longer need to be signed in ink by the issuing doctor

22 April 2022

From 6th April 2022 the requirement for fit notes to be completed in ink, and the need for the fit note to be signed in ink by the issuing doctor has been removed.

DBS Checks - Fee reduction from 6th April 2022

20 April 2022

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) have announced that from 6th April 2022 there will be a reduction in fees.

HR Bytes

30 March 2022

Our latest termly E-Newsletter HR Bytes is now available to download for HR Customers.

Strictly Education 4S DBS System Upgrade

22 March 2022

The Strictly Education 4S Capita DBS system will be unavailable from 8am on 23/03/22 for 2 hours due to a system upgrade.

Revised Right to Work Guidance to come into force 6 April 2022

18 March 2022

An updated version of the guidance document 'An Employer’s Guide to Right to Work Checks' is due to come into force on 6 April 2022.

Employers able to conduct right to work and DBS checks via identity document validation technology from 6 April 2022

17 March 2022

The Regulations enabling employers to conduct right to work checks via identity document validation technology come into force 6 April 2022

IR35 Rules - End of 'light touch' enforcement April 2022

17 March 2022

HMRC's 'light touch' approach to enforcing the IR35 rules is set to change from April 2022.

HR Outlook

17 March 2022

Our latest termly employment law, education policy and pay update is now available for HR subscribers to access and download as a pdf document.

DfE publishes evidence to the STRB regarding the 2022 & 2023 schoolteachers’ pay award

11 March 2022

On 4th March 2022 the Department for Education published its evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) to support the pay body’s consideration of the 2022 & 2023 pay award for schoolteachers and leadership.