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Employment Law Guidance Programme
The Employment Law Guidance Programme aims to:
- reduce the administrative burdens imposed by employment law by £365 million per year by 2010;
- address perceptions of employment law;
- and, to drive wider business culture change around compliance.
Since its inception, the Guidance Programme has produced and promoted free-to-use and legally-compliant online tools, proforma letters and agreement forms, accessible via the BusinessLink.gov website. These tools make it quick and straightforward for employers to manage and comply with commonly-occurring employment law obligations.
The Guidance Programme has also focused on wider business culture messages about how to avoid unnecessary and costly over-compliance with employment law obligations – in particular around records-keeping. These have been delivered to the business community through engagement with key employer organisations and trade associations: at events and conferences; and by way of direct mailing and email campaigns to over 1 million businesses.
In 2008, the Department commissioned ORC International to conduct a survey to measure progress in relation to its objective to reduce administrative burdens associated with employment law. The final survey report and technical summary are published here.
For further information please contact the Employment Law Guidance Programme Team at elgp@bis.gsi.gov.uk