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Protection guaranteed with the AWR

The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) also known as Agency Workers’ Directive (AWD) is due to come into force on 1st October 2011. The legislation refers to the agency worker being entitled after 12 weeks in post to the same basic working and employment conditions as he or she would have received for doing the same job had he or she would have been recruited directly by the end user.

Date: 24/05/2011  |  Read more 

Which is the best umbrella company

If you are looking to find the best umbrella company - this will depend on many factors such as their service and compliance.

Date: 30/06/2010  |  Read more 

Umbrella company checklist for contractors

Contractor umbrella companies operate online so it is imperative that appropriate documents are requested before contractors commit to signing up.

Date: 29/06/2010  |  Read more 

Facebook considering u-turn on privacy

Facebook looks likely to cave into pressure from users and simplify its privacy settings in the near future. It follows criticisms of its privacy policy from US senators, the European Union and civil liberty groups.

Date: 19/05/2010  |  Read more 

YouTube celebrates it’s 5th Birthday

Video sharing website YouTube now gets more than two billion hits daily. That's nearly double the number of people who tune into the US's three prime time TV stations combined, its owners Google have said.

Date: 18/05/2010  |  Read more 

Internet fast approaching addressing limit

In less than 18 months there will be no more big blocks of net addresses to give out, estimates suggest. Predictions name 9 September 2011 as the date on which the last of those tranches is released for net firms and others to use.

Date: 11/05/2010  |  Read more 

IT sector shows promise for contractors

Sage Group announced an 11 per cent rise in underlying first-half pre-tax profits today as several of Britain’s leading technology companies reported improved results.

Date: 05/05/2010  |  Read more 

Apple sell 1 million iPads in a month

Just four weeks after release Apple has announced it has sold one million iPads. Helped by a massive amount of hype ahead of launch day on 3 April this latest set of figures mean it's selling faster than the iPhone did when it was released.

Date: 04/05/2010  |  Read more