Dear Member

In this month's issue we give advice on dealing with  Absenteeism Due to Inclement Weather Conditions, on your requirement to give employees' eyetests and outline the circumstances in which you can claim inability to pay statutory redundancy.  We welcome the publication of the Entrepreneurship Forum Report and share information on how you can access the new EU financial supports.

We outline the New Completion Date for Migration to SEPA , the Examinership ‘Lite’ amendment and new Changes to Rates Legislation, as well as New DSP Provisions to ease Transition into Retirement .

We also provide information on up and coming events including an SFA Webinar on Redundancy, SFA free Business Bytes seminar on Doing Business in China, Briefings on Access to Financial Support for hiring long-term unemployed people, training on Building Financial Capabilities in SMEs Programme and regional roadshows by 25 State Bodies on the services they provide to you, called Taking Care of Business.

Please do keep us informed of any issues that concern you.

Kind regards
Patricia Callan
SFA Director