Spring 2022 Employment Law Update
April is usually the month when the Government introduces new employment legislation, and in recent years, it has announced its commitment to introducing significant new rights, such as neo-natal leave…
April is usually the month when the Government introduces new employment legislation, and in recent years, it has announced its commitment to introducing significant new rights, such as neo-natal leave…
The law gives five potentially fair reasons for dismissal. The most commonly used reasons are redundancy, capability and misconduct, but a breach of a statutory duty or restriction, or some…
‘As an employer, it’s likely that at some point, you will receive a tribunal claim from an employee, former employee or even an applicant,’ says Alana Penkethman, an Associate in…
After postponements in 2019 and 2020, the 6 April 2021 is the third date scheduled for the off-payroll working rules to be extended to the private sector. The purpose of…
When a key employee is about to leave, employers look to minimise damage to their business and may wish to keep the employee away from customers and commercially sensitive information….
Back in March, the Government introduced the concept of furlough leave under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, to support employees who may otherwise likely be made redundant, in an attempt…
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is the prescribed hourly rate of pay which employers must legally pay to most of their workers. From April 2020 NMW is increasing with 25…
Settlement agreements are used to record what an employer and employee have agreed about the ending of employment. They are common, but every employee will have different needs and concerns….
A recent decision in an employment tribunal case draws attention to the Equality Act 2010 (the Equality Act) and the protection it offers to employees under its anti-discrimination provisions. The…
There are two key changes which employers need to be aware of that will be in force from April 2019. The first is that the annual rise to statutory employment…
For those who have been living under a rock (or a mountain of paperwork) the biggest change to data protection law for decades, the General Data Protection Regulation, comes into…
The obligations are now in full force, meaning that Companies and employers in the voluntary sector with 250 or more employees will be required to publish information about their business’…