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...]
Written Statement of Employment Particulars will become a day ONE right
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...]
Good Work Plan: Annual Leave
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...]
Important changes to the Employment Right Act 1996, affecting pay slip information
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...]
Consultation on extending pregnancy protection
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...]
Are you ready for the new statutory payments coming into effect in April 2019?
With the new 2019-2020 tax year approaching, employers should make themselves aware of the following changes for April 2019; National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage – Effective as of 6th April 2019 Age Minimum hourly rate 2018 - 2019 2019 - 2020 25 and over … [Read more...]
The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, Modern Slavery & Right to Work Checks 2019.
Parental Bereavement Leave Following the passing of The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018, an employee, who is considered a Primary Carer, that suffers a loss of a child under the age of 18 years, or a still-birth after 24 weeks, will be entitled to two weeks paid … [Read more...]
ACAS release new guidance on employment references
A new job is an exciting time. You have successfully navigated the application forms, the job interview has been a success and you have been made an offer of employment. Usually, as a condition of your offer, your new employer will ask for a reference from previous employers. If you have a good … [Read more...]
Free Employment Law and HR Seminar
Join us at our FREE Seminar to enrich your employment law and HR knowledge by listening to our experienced employment law consultants. They will cover recent legal updates in the field of HR and employment law, such as GDPR and mental health awareness in the workplace. Date and time: Monday 10 … [Read more...]
MPs call on Government and employers to take tougher action on sexual harassment in the workplace
The Womens and Equalities Committee (a committee appointed by the House of Commons) launched an inquiry in February 2018 to investigate sexual harassment in the workplace and last month released their findings in a report ‘Sexual harassment in the workplace’ which it hopes the Government will put at … [Read more...]
Stay up-to-date, stay ahead of the game – Part II
While Part I of this blog concentrated on legal changes that have happened in the year so far, Part II aims to highlight issues on the horizon that may affect employers. Changes to childcare vouchers Employers operating or considering setting up a Childcare Voucher scheme should be aware that … [Read more...]
Stay up-to-date, stay ahead of the game – Part I
Being an employer is a significant challenge; meeting the day-to-day needs of employees, maintaining premises, getting the job done, turning a profit and keeping on top of all the legal obligations. As the legal landscape is constantly shifting like quicksand, having access to employment law … [Read more...]
U-Turn: Court of Appeal Decides National Minimum Wage For Sleep In Shifts Not Applicable
Last Friday, the Court of Appeal made the controversial decision that National Minimum Wage regulations do not apply for the hours carers are sleeping, whilst they are on-call at a client’s home. The judgment came from the Royal Mencap Society v Claire Tomlinson Blake case, however concluded that … [Read more...]
Keeping business running as usual during the holiday season
School holidays, sunshine and last-minute holiday deals - these are a few of everyone’s favourite things about summer and why employees want to use their holiday entitlement at the same time. Making sure the business can cope with an increase in holiday requests can be headache for employers, so … [Read more...]
GDPR two months on… staying compliant
The dust may have settled after the upheaval of 25th May 2018 and start of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but now is no time to rest on your laurels as the task to protect personal data is ongoing. Here are some tips to help your company remain GDPR compliant. Keep staff … [Read more...]
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