Business regulations

There are a number of rules with which businesses and employers need to comply. This section details the latest regulations to have come into effect.

A Day - 6 April 2006

A-Day was the popular name given to 6 April 2006, the starting date for the unifying rules for... Read more

From 1 January 2005, under the so-called 'liability shift', retailers who do not use the new... Read more

The EC Directive on Informing and Consulting Employees gives many employees new rights to be... Read more

The Disability Discrimination regulations came into force on 1 October 2004. What do they... Read more

The Enterprise Act, received Royal Assent on 7 November 2002, contains a number of measures... Read more

In accordance with regulations which came into effect on 11 December 2003, companies need to... Read more

The Civil Partnership Act 2004, and came into force on 5 December 2005. Read more

A series of new business regulations came into effect on 1 October 2011. Here is our summary... Read more

The Corporate Telephone Preference Service was set up following the publication of the Privacy... Read more

There are two sets of regulations: The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations... Read more

These regulations govern the production and disposal of hazardous waste products. Read more

The Money Laundering Regulations new rules significantly extend the scope of the law to apply... Read more

The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and Pensions Regulator came into effect on 6 April 2005,... Read more

In 1991, the Conservative Government introduced a taxable benefit of £200 on employees who... Read more