by webmaster | 18 May, 2021 | Coronavirus, Industry Changes, Latest changes, Pay and Benefits, Tribunal Cases, Uncategorised, Working Time and Hours
This latest bulletin continues with some Covid -19 topics, including new Shielding Guidance, availability of home testing kits for employers, and the extension of health and safety detriment protection to workers. It also talks about the recent Supreme Court ruling...
by webmaster | 18 May, 2021 | Apprenticeships, Coronavirus, Latest changes, Pay and Benefits
Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s 2021 Budget to parliament on 3rd March, this bulletin includes a summary of its employment law implications and also details the further expansion of testing access to all employers. I also take a look at further...
by webmaster | 18 May, 2021 | Coronavirus, Latest changes, Pay and Benefits
This bulletin highlights some topical subjects regarding workplace testing and whether employers can insist their employees are vaccinated. It also includes information relating to the increase to statutory rates from April 2021, including the National Minimum Wage...
by webmaster | 25 Feb, 2021 | Latest changes, Pay and Benefits, Upcoming Changes
Increase to National Minimum Wage from April 2021 The Government has accepted the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission as regards the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates. These will take effect from 1 April 2021. The NLW will...
by webmaster | 25 Feb, 2021 | Latest changes, Parental Leave, Pay and Benefits, Upcoming Changes
The Government has announced the new statutory pay rates to take effect from 4 April 2021. In summary: The rate of statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay and statutory shared parental pay, currently at £151.20 per week or 90% of the employee’s average weekly...
by webmaster | 27 Jun, 2019 | Industry Changes, Latest changes, Pay and Benefits, Working Hours and Annual Leave
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has added a further complication to the holiday pay debate, holding that a group of police officers and civilian employees were entitled to backdated additional holiday pay to reflect overtime worked even though there was a...
