Right to Work in the UK checks – digital checks will become permanent on 6th April 2022
ļ»æļ»æ (Updated 12th January 2022) The Government announced on 30th March 2020 that there would be changes to Right to…
How to check a person’s legal right to work in the UK (updated January 2022)
(updated January 2022) All employers have a legal obligation to check that all their staff have a legal right to…
April 2022 rate increases for statutory maternity pay and statutory sick pay
Rate increases – The Government have announced the following rate increases for Statutory Maternity Pay, Paternity Pay, Adoption Pay, Shared…
Maternity Leave and Pay Chart
As part of our guide to Maternity here is a quick chart to help you work out your Maternity Leave…
New right for employees to take Carer’s Leave is coming….
The UK Government consulted, between March and August 2020, on the concept of introducing unpaid Carer’s Leave for employees.Ā The…
More Gig economy ‘worker’ decisions – Excel, Addison Lee and Stuart Delivery
(Updated 29th October 2021) Following on from the recent decisions about Uber and CitySprint, now a bicycle courier working for…
National Minimum Wage increases from April 2022
National Minimum Wage rises from 1st April 2022 – The Chancellor announced in the Budget yesterday the annual increases in…
Disability at work – New online advice hub from Acas
In late summer the government launched the National Disability Strategy,Ā which will hopefully have the effect of āmaking the world…
Whistle-blowing (the Public Interest Disclosure Act)
Employees and Workers who āblow the whistleā - i.e.make a 'protected disclosure' of any wrong-doing in the workplace by their…
The new EU Whistleblower Directive
The European Union adopted the new ‘Whistleblower Directive’ in October 2019. EU member states will have 2 years to implement…
Sleeping on the job: Final clarity about pay in March 2021
Updated May 2021. We examine the latest position on whether you should be paid for sleeping while at work, and…
Workers entitled to same Health & Safety protection as employees (COVID-19)
Gig economy workers gain the same Health and Safety protection as employees. (Updated 25th May 2021) In November 2020, The…
The National Minimum Wage – record keeping period now 6 years
Detailed information about the Minimum Wage; information on TV/Film Industry Pay Guidelines; information about Agency Workers and guidelines for Unpaid…
Mandatory Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting coming soon? No!
(Updated 25th May 2021) Mandatory Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting Consultation starts In October 2018 the Government started a consultation asking…
Uber drivers – Supreme Court rules they are workers
More details from the Uber drivers case ……Updated March 2021, after the Supreme Court’s decision. At the end of October…
Women of State Pension Age may be eligible for more pension
According to a report in the Guardian on the 6th February 2021, thousands of woman over State Pension Age may…
Employment law implications after Brexit, from 1st January 2021
As part of the Withdrawal Agreement, agreed with the EU in January 2020, EU employment law continues to apply to…
Global Employees ā Have you been dismissed while working abroad?
If you work abroad, you may now be able to claim unfair dismissal in the UK if youāre dismissed. Here…
Immigration – how to recruit people from outside the UK from 1.1.21
From 1 January 2021, the freedom of people to move between the UK and EU countries will end and the…
Workplace Diversity – #10000BlackInterns Scheme
The #10000BlackInterns initiative is designed to help transform the horizons and prospects of young Black people in the United Kingdom.…
Veterans given right to an interview for civil service jobs
People Management reported, on 6th October, that veterans who have served in the armed forces for a least one year…
How to deal with an Acas conciliation request
(Updated October 2020). If an employee or ex-employee has a potential Employment Tribunal claim, from May 2014 they are required…
Menopause and work: guidance for employers in the UK
Menopause and work. Global HR Lawyers lus Laboris have produced this excellent guide for Employers about the menopause and work.…
Gender non-binary workers covered by the Equality Act
Gender non-binary and gender fluid people are covered by the ‘protected characteristic’ of gender reassignment under the Equality Act 2010.…
Government ‘Kickstart’ Scheme now open
(Updated February 2020) The government has opened the Kickstart Scheme, which makes funding available for employers in England, Scotland and…
If your staff travel from home straight to a customer – working time rules have changed
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided in September 2015 that travel time counts as working time. This applies when…
All you need to know about Lone Workers
We take a look what defines a lone worker, what businesses should do when employing lone workers, and your legal…
Help for working disabled people during the pandemic
In August 2020, the Government announced that Disabled people can now benefit from financial support to work from home, or…
Taking on an apprentice – the full details
Apprenticeship schemes are often in the news (and not always for the right reasons), so weāve had a look at…
Are Foster Parents ‘workers’?
In 2018, the Advocate General of the ECJ said that foster parents were not workers and therefore do not have…
Guidelines for TV Companies to restart programme making
TV companies agree guidelines that should allow programme making to resume (updated 8th June 2020) TV companies have agreed guidelines…
Annual Leave Carry Over changes – due to Covid 19
The Government announced, on 27th March 2020, that workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement…
Financial Support for workers in the Film & TV Industry
The Film and TV Charity offer financial support and are concerned about the potential impact of coronavirus on people working…
Dealing with Coronavirus at work – information for Employers
Acas has published advice for Employers on how to deal with the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The advice is worth…
Sexual Harassment and other Harassment at work – new guidance
The Equality and Human Rights Commission produced new guidance for Employers, in January 2020, on Sexual Harassment and Harassment at…
Are you Micro-Managing or Managing your staff? Spot the difference…
Here’s a nice article about the way you manage your staff – which asks if you are micro-managing your staff?…
Calculating Holiday Entitlement for permanent workers with irregular hours
Calculating Holiday entitlement for permanent workers with irregular hours Calculating holiday pay for full-time and part-time workers is pretty straight…
Calculating Holiday Pay – changes in April 2020 for workers with variable hours
Calculating Holiday Pay – Currently the ‘reference’ period in the Working Time Regulations (1998) that is used to calculate holiday…
Increases to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage – April 2020
Increases to the The National Living and National Minimum Wage The minimum wage is a legal right that covers almost…
The Compulsory Living Wage and Voluntary Living Wage – 2019/2020 changes
In 2016 the Government introduced a compulsory National Living Wage, however there is another voluntary Real Living Wage – we…
Parental Bereavement Leave – coming April 6th 2020
The new Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act 2018 (also known as Jack’s Law) will become law on 6th April…
Changes to Statement of Employment Terms – from April 2020
Significant changes are being made from 6th April 2020 and all Employers will need to follow these new laws about…
May Day Bank Holiday 2020 changes to Friday 8th May
Change in 2020 May Day bank holiday date In order to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day in 2020,…
Labour to scrap IR35 private sector reform! Or maybe not!
We’ve just read this, from Contractor UK, but can find no other confirmation yet – if it’s true that will…
Get the Knowledge – essentials you need when working with children on TV set or studio
Presented by the UKās leading expert on working with children, Alison Cresswell, GET THE KNOWLEDGE provides the essential knowledge you…
Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) – what does it mean?
From 1st October 2011, Agency Workers in Great Britain (Northern Ireland will publish their own separate regulations) will have the…
The Stalking Protection Act 2019
The Stalking Protection Act 2019, which came into force in March 2019,Ā is designed to tackle āstranger stalkingā (statistics says…
Changes to Written Statements of Employment from April 2020
Currently, all employees, who are engaged for one month or more, are legally entitled to a Written Statement, which they…
New – Council Tax Attachment of Earnings Orders (CTAEO)
New – Council Tax Attachment of Earnings Orders (CTAEO) From 8th July 2019, the HMRC are leading a trial with…
Employment Law in the United Kingdom – what differences are there?
Is it a United Kingdom? We thought weād look in detail at the main differences in Employment Law between England,…