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Uber drivers – Supreme Court rules they are workers

Feb 22, 2021 Lesley Furber

More details from the Uber drivers case ……Updated February 2021, after the Supreme Court’s decision. At the end of October…

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Women of State Pension Age may be eligible for more pension

Feb 9, 2021 Lesley Furber

According to a report in the Guardian on the 6th February 2021, thousands of woman over State Pension Age may…

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Workers entitled to same Health & Safety protection as employees (COVID-19)

Dec 18, 2020 Lesley Furber

Gig economy workers gain the same Health and Safety protection as employees. In November 2020, The Independent Workers’ Union of…

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Employment law implications after Brexit, from 1st January 2021

Dec 18, 2020 Lesley Furber

As part of the Withdrawal Agreement, agreed with the EU in January 2020, EU employment law continues to apply to…

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Statutory Leave pay and National Minimum Wage increases from April 2021

Dec 16, 2020 Lesley Furber

Statutory Leave Pay Rates from 4th April 2021 – The Government recently announced the proposed annual increases to Statutory Leave…

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How to check a person’s legal right to work in the UK (updated February 2021)

Nov 17, 2020 Lesley Furber

(updated February 2021) All employers have a legal obligation to check that all their staff have a legal right to…

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Global Employees – Have you been dismissed while working abroad?

Nov 15, 2020 Lesley Furber

If you work abroad, you may now be able to claim unfair dismissal in the UK if you’re dismissed. Here…

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Immigration – how to recruit people from outside the UK from 1.1.21

Nov 12, 2020 Lesley Furber

From 1 January 2021, the freedom of people to move between the UK and EU countries will end and the…

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Workplace Diversity – #10000BlackInterns Scheme

Oct 27, 2020 Lesley Furber

The #10000BlackInterns initiative is designed to help transform the horizons and prospects of young Black people in the United Kingdom.…

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Veterans given right to an interview for civil service jobs

Oct 21, 2020 Lesley Furber

People Management reported, on 6th October, that veterans who have served in the armed forces for a least one year…

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How to deal with an Acas conciliation request

Oct 5, 2020 Lesley Furber

(Updated October 2020). If an employee or ex-employee has a potential Employment Tribunal claim, from May 2014 they are required…

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Menopause and work: guidance for employers in the UK

Sep 24, 2020 Lesley Furber

Menopause and work. Global HR Lawyers lus Laboris have produced this excellent guide for Employers about the menopause and work.…

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Gender non-binary workers covered by the Equality Act

Sep 23, 2020 Lesley Furber

Gender non-binary and gender fluid people are covered by the ‘protected characteristic’ of gender reassignment under the Equality Act 2010.…

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Government ‘Kickstart’ Scheme now open

Sep 17, 2020 Lesley Furber

(Updated February 2020) The government has opened the Kickstart Scheme, which makes funding available for employers in England, Scotland and…

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If your staff travel from home straight to a customer – working time rules have changed

Sep 7, 2020 Lesley Furber

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided in September 2015 that travel time counts as working time. This applies when…

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All you need to know about Lone Workers

Sep 7, 2020 Lesley Furber

We take a look what defines a lone worker, what businesses should do when employing lone workers, and your legal…

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Help for working disabled people during the pandemic

Sep 7, 2020 Lesley Furber

In August 2020, the Government announced that Disabled people can now benefit from financial support to work from home, or…

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Taking on an apprentice – the full details

Sep 7, 2020 Lesley Furber

Apprenticeship schemes are often in the news (and not always for the right reasons), so we’ve had a look at…

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Are Foster Parents ‘workers’?

Sep 4, 2020 Lesley Furber

In 2018, the Advocate General of the ECJ said that foster parents were not workers and therefore do not have…

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Guidelines for TV Companies to restart programme making

May 19, 2020 Lesley Furber

TV companies agree guidelines that should allow programme making to resume (updated 8th June 2020) TV companies have agreed guidelines…

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Right to Work in the UK checks – changes due to Coronavirus

Mar 31, 2020 Lesley Furber

The Government announced on 30th March 2020 that there would be changes to Right to Work in the UK checks,…

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Annual Leave Carry Over changes – due to Covid 19

Mar 31, 2020 Lesley Furber

The Government announced, on 27th March 2020, that workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement…

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Financial Support for workers in the Film & TV Industry

Mar 16, 2020 Lesley Furber

The Film and TV Charity offer financial support and are concerned about the potential impact of coronavirus on people working…

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Dealing with Coronavirus at work – information for Employers

Feb 26, 2020 Lesley Furber

Acas has published advice for Employers on how to deal with the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The advice is worth…

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Sexual Harassment and other Harassment at work – new guidance

Jan 29, 2020 Lesley Furber

The Equality and Human Rights Commission produced new guidance for Employers, in January 2020, on Sexual Harassment and Harassment at…

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Are you Micro-Managing or Managing your staff? Spot the difference…

Jan 11, 2020 Lesley Furber

Here’s a nice article about the way you manage your staff – which asks if you are micro-managing your staff?…

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Calculating Holiday Entitlement for permanent workers with irregular hours

Jan 10, 2020 Lesley Furber

Calculating Holiday entitlement for permanent workers with irregular hours Calculating holiday pay for full-time and part-time workers is pretty straight…

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Calculating Holiday Pay – changes in April 2020 for workers with variable hours

Jan 10, 2020 Lesley Furber

Calculating Holiday Pay – Currently the ‘reference’ period in the Working Time Regulations (1998) that is used to calculate holiday…

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Increases to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage – April 2020

Jan 10, 2020 Lesley Furber

Increases to the The National Living and National Minimum Wage The minimum wage is a legal right that covers almost…

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The Compulsory Living Wage and Voluntary Living Wage – 2019/2020 changes

Jan 10, 2020 Lesley Furber

In 2016 the Government introduced a compulsory National Living Wage, however there is another voluntary Real Living Wage – we…

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Parental Bereavement Leave – coming April 6th 2020

Jan 9, 2020 Lesley Furber

The new Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay Act 2018 (also known as Jack’s Law) will become law on 6th April…

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Changes to Statement of Employment Terms – from April 2020

Dec 24, 2019 Lesley Furber

Significant changes are being made from 6th April 2020 and all Employers will need to follow these new laws about…

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May Day Bank Holiday 2020 changes to Friday 8th May

Dec 9, 2019 Lesley Furber

Change in 2020 May Day bank holiday date In order to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day in 2020,…

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Labour to scrap IR35 private sector reform! Or maybe not!

Nov 27, 2019 Lesley Furber

We’ve just read this, from Contractor UK, but can find no other confirmation yet – if it’s true that will…

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Get the Knowledge – essentials you need when working with children on TV set or studio

Oct 6, 2019 Lesley Furber

Presented by the UK’s leading expert on working with children, Alison Cresswell, GET THE KNOWLEDGE provides the essential knowledge you…

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Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) – what does it mean?

Oct 1, 2019 Lesley Furber

From 1st October 2011, Agency Workers in Great Britain (Northern Ireland will publish their own separate regulations) will have the…

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The Stalking Protection Act 2019

Sep 17, 2019 Lesley Furber

The Stalking Protection Act 2019, which came into force in March 2019,  is designed to tackle ‘stranger stalking’ (statistics says…

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Changes to Written Statements of Employment from April 2020

Sep 6, 2019 Lesley Furber

Currently, all employees, who are engaged for one month or more, are legally entitled to a Written Statement, which they…

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New – Council Tax Attachment of Earnings Orders (CTAEO)

Aug 6, 2019 Lesley Furber

New – Council Tax Attachment of Earnings Orders (CTAEO) From 8th July 2019, the HMRC are leading a trial with…

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Employment Law in the United Kingdom – what differences are there?

Jul 11, 2019 Lesley Furber

Is it a United Kingdom? We thought we’d look in detail at the main differences in Employment Law between England,…

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The new EU Whistleblower Directive

Jul 8, 2019 Lesley Furber

The European Union adopted the new ‘Whistleblower Directive’ in October 2019. EU member states will have 2 years to implement…

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What Records do Employers need to keep for the Working Time Regulations

Jun 28, 2019 Lesley Furber

What records do employers need to keep for the Working Time Regulations? Until May 2019, Employers in the UK needed…

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The Swedish Derogation Model – what is it? When is it ending?

Jun 26, 2019 Lesley Furber

The Agency Workers Regulations come into force on 1st October 2011 to bolster the rights of so-called "vulnerable" agency workers…

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IR35 ‘off payroll’ rules applies to the private sector from 6th April 2020

Jun 11, 2019 Lesley Furber

(Updated July 2019) In a not-unexpected move on 29th October 2018, the Chancellor announced that all medium and large sized…

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Are Unpaid Work Trials legal?

Feb 20, 2019 Lesley Furber

Unpaid work trials are common in some sectors where there is high turnover of staff (e.g. hospitality, retail) as they…

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When must you provide Staff with a Written Statement (of Employment Conditions)

Feb 13, 2019 Lesley Furber

Currently, an Employer is required to give an employee a Written Statement of their key terms and conditions within the…

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Morrisons Supermarket vicariously liable for data breach of an employee

Jan 23, 2019 Lesley Furber

In October 2018, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the High Court (this has been a long running…

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Small Business owners – how to work well with freelancers

Jan 22, 2019 Lesley Furber

With the ongoing shift towards employers using freelancers / contractors instead of employing PAYE workers and employees in the current…

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Mandatory Disability Pay Gap reporting may be next!

Nov 29, 2018 Lesley Furber

At the end of November 2018 the Government launched a voluntary framework for Employers to record their disabled work-force, in…

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Swedish Derogation repeal (in wider gig economy overhaul)

Nov 28, 2018 Lesley Furber

Theresa May is planning measures to boost workers’ rights, including ending of the Swedish derogation model (that allows employers, in certain…

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