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For more than 10 years we have provided companies of all sizes and in a variety of sectors with uncomplicated, innovative and affordable human resources advice and on-site support ensuring that your people are an asset to your company and not a liability.
With the National Minimum Wage (NMW) now almost fifteen years old, and with another increase pending on 1st April 2017 HMRC have issued a list of the most elaborate excuses they've been given by employers for not paying the appropriate rates:
From 1st January 2021, new workers from overseas (both EU and non-EU citizens) will need to apply for visa to be able to work in the UK; visas will be awarded based on the applicant achieving a minimum number of points against a number of criteria.
Read MoreWith all of the updates about coronavirus, it’s easy to forget that today is the start of a new financial year and the date on which a number of employment law changes take effect.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has today issued judgement on two cases dealing with vicious liability.
Read MoreFrom many recent conversations, I know that more and more people are being asked to work from home in an attempt to keep business running in these unprecedented times. For some people, working from home is the norm, for others, it’s daunting and even stressful, especially if they are doing it for the first time.
Read MoreYesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the Government will reimburse small employers (those employing less than two hundred and fifty employees) any statutory sick pay they pay to employees, for the first fourteen days of sickness in the event that they are ill with coronavirus, or have to isolate under the advice of a medical practitioner.
Read MoreThere French Court of Cassation (their equivalent to the UK Supreme Court for civil law matters) has issued a ruling that Uber drivers are not self-employed despite the fact that contractually that is the case.
Read MoreThe Government has announced the statutory rate changes that will take effect from 6th April 2020. The changes are as follows …
Read MoreEmployers have a duty of care towards their employees which includes not exposing them to unnecessary risk. In this case, that may include not putting them in a position in which they could become infected by the virus without taking all reasonable precautions.
This duty of care, where Coronavirus is concerned, may differ depending on an employee’s specific circumstances, for example, if they are older or they have underlying conditions.
Read MoreTwo significant cases are being heard the Supreme Court over the next couple of days and although we’re unlikely to hear the outcome of each for several months, they are certainly worthy of mention.
Read MoreThanks to our anti-virus software provider Bitdefender for the following update.
With more than 4 billion records exposed, 2019 hit a milestone in cybercrime. It’s hard to keep track of the daily flood of security and data breaches, so here we lay out some of the more significant ones that may have affected you or your family last year.
Read MoreYou may have seen in recent news reports that ‘Ethical Veganism’ has been accepted by an Employment Tribunal as being a recognised and therefore protected philosophical belief for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 and as such, ethical vegans can not be treated less favourably by their employer because of their belief.
Read MoreAs 2019 draws to a close, we thought we’d take a few minutes to outline the planned changes to employment law in 2020 and the Government’s intentions within this term following the recent general election.
Read MoreThe Labour party has published its manifest for the 12 December 2019 general election; key manifesto pledges are:
Read MoreWe’re regularly hearing from our clients about how challenging it is for them to find good candidates to fill vacant roles and that it’s now not uncommon for candidates to reject their offers of employment.
Read MoreA recent study by Willis Towers Watson, one of the country’s largest providers of employee healthcare and risk management services has highlighted a number of interesting challenges for employers:
Read MoreThe Labour Party is today announcing plans to create a Ministry for Employment Rights, along with a Workers' Protection Agency to enforce those rights, in what would be substantial repositioning of employment and trade union law.
Read MoreWe’re delighted to announce that from the beginning of October, we’ll be collaborating with the Barclays Eagle Lab in Cardiff, giving HR advice and guidance to their resident start-up businesses.
Read MoreOne of the essential HR policies that we advise all companies to have is a policy on ‘Alcohol at Work’, covering what is and isn’t allowed and also the consequences of non-compliance. The following statistics, taken from the Willis Towers Watson Employee Health, Wellbeing and Benefits Barometer 2019, are cause for significant concern for most employers:
Read MoreWith temperatures outside souring to 30 degrees and more, we’ve had an increased number of enquiries around how hot it has to be before employees can complain about their working conditions. The following information from ACAS may be helpful when deciding what you may be able to do in your workplace to make working conditions more bearable.
Read MoreAs Pride month comes to an end, a survey of over 4,000 workers by YouGov for LinkedIn and UK Black Pride identified a pay gap of 16% between straight and LGBT+ workers, equivalent to £6,703 per annum before tax.
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