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Employment  Memo 2008 Newsletter Issue 2

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Health & safety

Record keeping

¶4807 The rules on keeping records of compulsory insurance have been relaxed. Employers may make a copy of the insurance certificate available in electronic format, such as on an intranet, rather than displaying a copy at each of its premises. The obligation to retain a copy of the certificate for 40 years has also been removed.

The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations Order SI 2008/1765

Main social benefits

 

¶9990 Employment and support allowance replaced incapacity benefit and income support paid on incapacity grounds from 27 October. Those on existing incapacity benefit or income support will initially continue to receive their existing benefits, so long as they satisfy the entitlement conditions.