Corporate compliance

New and updated

• Employment regs: what happened to the ones that got away?

  Date:

  20 June 2018

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Keeping on top of employment law developments can feel like a full-time job for HR professionals, but that's just the rules and regulations that get passed. What about those pledges and policies that are still to get off the ground?

• Consultation on corporate governance principles for large private companies

  Type:

  Consultations

  The Financial Reporting Council consults on new corporate governance principles for large businesses.

• Bribery

  Type:

  Good practice manual

  Updated with further information on the data protection implications of monitoring employees’ emails.

• Consultation on corporate governance for private firms launched

  Date:

  13 June 2018

  Type:

  News

  The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has published a consultation on corporate governance for large private companies, which aims to address the need for improved transparency and accountability identified in the wake of the 2016 collapse of BHS.

• Carillion culture was "rotten" and directors failed to act, says report

  Date:

  16 May 2018

  Type:

  News

  The board of directors at failed construction firm Carillion were "both responsible and culpable" for its failure, according to a damning report published today by two select committees.

• Construction firms 'slack' around modern slavery

  Date:

  15 May 2018

  Type:

  News

  Hundreds and perhaps thousands of exploited workers are on-site at many of the UK's most important infrastructure schemes, such as new hospitals, roads, railways and housing developments, a new report by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has claimed.

• Labour enforcement body calls for crackdown on worker exploitation

  Date:

  9 May 2018

  Type:

  News

  The Director for Labour Market Enforcement has called for higher financial penalties for employers who exploit workers and flout employment law.

• Anti-bribery policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to take account of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018.

• Form for an employee to report bribery

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to highlight the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, in force from 25 May 2018, on this document.

• Personal transactions and inducements: financial services

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect the rules on personal transactions and gifts and inducements under MiFID II, effective from 3 January 2018.