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rhw awarded WIQS Accreditation

rhw awarded WIQS Accreditation

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rhw have become the first law firm in Guildford to be awarded the WIQS accreditation and be listed as such on the Law Society website

TUPE - Proposed Changes

TUPE - Proposed Changes

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The Government has published draft legislation amending TUPE and the law relating to collective redundancies. This is expected to become law in January 2014. For full details please see our legal update article.

Sharp rise in cohabitation

Sharp rise in cohabitation

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Figures from the office of national statistics has indicated that the number of cohabiting couples has increased by 22% over the last 10 years.

Care Sector - legal update

Care Sector - legal update

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Andrea Sutcliffe, the first Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced a number of proposed changes in an attempt to shake up the way the CQC carries out its inspections of Care Homes and also to improve the perception of CQC by Care Sector professionals and the Public.

CQC crack down on Care Homes

CQC crack down on Care Homes

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CQC has revealed that one in eight adult social care services does not have a registered manager in place. Chief Executive David Behan has said that it was "unacceptable" and that services without a registered manager (RM) were more likely to be failing to meet essential standards than those with an RM in place. He said the CQC would write to providers who have not had a RM in any of their services for a period of time to say that they are at risk of being fined up to £4,000.

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