Should a Business require additional support while undertaking a large project, subcontractors can often be considered a more cost-effective option than hiring additional full time / fixed term employees. This is because they have no traditional employment rights such as having no entitlement to … [Read more...]

From the 06 April 2020, new legislation known as The Employment Rights (Employment Particulars and Paid Annual Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 will come into effect which will require employers to provide a written statement of employment to all new employees from their first day of employment, … [Read more...]

The 'Good Work Plan' published in December 2018 sets out a way to improve holiday pay arrangements for seasonal workers by extending the reference period from 12 weeks to 52 weeks from 06 April 2020.  This is being brought into force by the Employment Rights (Employment Particulars and Paid … [Read more...]

As of the 6th  April 2019, a new legislation - the Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 2018 – will require employers to change how their employees pay details are presented on their payslips. This will impact employees that receive variable amounts of pay, … [Read more...]

In January of this year the government opened a consultation process to determine whether to extend existing redundancy protection for women and new parents. The proposed changes would include where an employee returns to work from maternity leave, they would receive enhanced redundancy … [Read more...]