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By Michael Scutt, 22/03/2010 11:53 am

On the 6^th April next month[1], the government’s new medical certification scheme comes into force replacing the current “Med3” sick note system.  It was decided to do away with the scheme because it focussed too much on what employees could not do and not enough on what they could.  In other words, a person was either too sick to work, or they were well and it ignored any, temporary or rehabilitative options that there might be to allow the person to remain in work.  For instance a person with back ache might be fit to work provided they did no heavy lifting or were allowed to get up and walk about every hour to ease discomfort whilst sitting.  With a Med3 that person can’t go to work despite the fact that they could do light duties.  The government’s aim, of course, is to reduce the number of days lost to sickness and the number of people from claiming benefit. The government has long been exercised by how to reduce the number of people on long-term sick leave, suffering from chronic conditions and the new “fitness to work” certificate tries to remedy that.

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By Michael Scutt, 12/03/2010 10:34 pm

Brian Inkster

Here at long last is my first podcast.  It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a several months and I’m delighted that Brian Inkster of Inksters Solicitors in Glasgow was able to speak to me to discuss his law practice, use of social media and his thoughts on the use of technology.  To learn more about him and listen to the podcast, please click below to listen to it.

The intro and end music is “Balrog Boogie” by the Diablo String Orchestra, which is made available on a Creative Commons Licence.

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By Michael Scutt, 12/03/2010 2:58 pm

I haven’t blogged much on here recently, partly because of being busy at work but also because I have been setting up two other blogs and a podcast.

The first blog – ukblawgroundup – I’ve mentioned on here before.  This is the name of the blog carnival for UK Lawyers which reviews the UK legal blogging scene.  The next edition is published on the 31^st March, with submissions due by 17^th.  Peninsulawyer will be hosting it.

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By Michael Scutt, 03/03/2010 11:16 pm

Yesterday I spoke at a workshop arranged by Gateway Media on the theme of “Combating Tesco Law: Preparing your Brand Presence”.  I tried to explain what the LSA does in about an hour – it was a bit of a rush but no one fell asleep and I hope I got the main points across.  As promised I have loaded my Powerpoint presentation onto Slideshare and you can view it here;

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