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Acas South West

Dear Colleague,

 

In this edition:

 

Sick days could mean the South West is missing out on £50bn a year

Research shows that our region lags behind the national average for Gross Value Added per job. One of the main reasons for this is workers in the South West take 2.1% of their potential working days off sick, compared with only 1.5% in London. Read more...

 

A CIPD report has revealed that employer support for sick staff is far less than expected. See the full story...

 

Make sure you're managing absence effectively with help from Acas expert training:

 

New Acas events launched

Our training events for the rest of 2016 are now available to book. Look out for new locations and reserve your place early. Click to see the full programme of events.

 

 

Are your employee contracts still fit for purpose?

The raft of legal changes over the past year covering pay, exclusivity clauses, family leave and holiday could mean your contracts are now out of date.

 

Come along to one of our training events to find out all you need to know about getting your employment contracts right:

More ways Acas can help with contracts:

 

Get ready for summer

With the school holidays just days away, many employees and employers will be thinking about taking time off. Summer holidays, the Rio 2016 Olympics and childcare can make it tough to juggle the needs of the business and requests from employees.

 

Check out the Acas guidance, e-learning and training events to help you manage holidays in the best possible way this summer.

 

 

Acas training highlights for August

 

2 August Emotional Intelligence & Mindfulness for the Modern Workplace Bristol

 

4 August Human Resource Management for Beginners Chippenham

 

9 August Equality, Diversity and Discrimination Gloucester

 

11 August Working with Unconscious Bias Bristol

 

11 August Managing Holidays Bristol

 

17 August Employment Law Update Taunton

 

Take a look at all our forthcoming events in the South West on our website. If you would like us to deliver training to your staff at their place of work fill in our online form and we'll do the rest.

 

 

Kind regards

 

Tony Cooper

Director, Acas South West

 

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