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19 Feb Where Are We With The Employment Rights Bill and The Equality (Race and Disability) Bill?
Various feedback and consultation processes are underway, but here’s a summary of the key areas of change, many of which won’t be with us until 2026 onwards…but it’s worth keeping an eye on these and we’ll update each month. In the meantime, in quick summary…
12 Feb What May Change in Employment Law This Year?
Yes, we have Labour’s changes, but as noted in our previous updates, most of those changes won’t come in for some time. So, what will happen in employment law this year? Here’s a table with a summary of what we think may well change this…
04 Feb Are You Complying With the Right to Work Regime?
Preventing illegal working continues to be high on the government’s agenda and you, as employers, have a big role to play in this by making sure you are doing right to work checks on all your staff properly, not just the ones that you believe…
21 Jan National Living and Minimum Wage, National Insurance, SSP and other increases in 2025
The national living and minimum wage, national insurance, SSP, and other increases will arrive in April of this year. Employer’s National Insurance Employers National Insurance will increase to 15% together with a reduction in the earnings thresholds to attract NI which moves down to £5000…
21 Jan Working time changes planned for children
A new Bill is anticipated this year that will amend the present law, permitting children to work: We’ll keep our blog updated with further information as it becomes available.
21 Jan Holiday pay changes in 2025
Most businesses operate a leave year between January and December. If this applies to your business, and you have workers with irregular hours (e.g. agency, zero hours and part-year workers), then as regards leave years on or after 1 April 2024 , these will now…
21 Jan Redundancy: An overview of the basis and the process
The word “redundancy” is commonly used in the field of employment law. But, it is not always entirely understood. If you are contemplating making a redundancy, it needs to satisfy the legal definition. This article covers the key points. What does redundancy mean? In basic…
24 Dec Using Trigger Points to Manage Absence – A Good or Bad Thing?
It is not uncommon to use “trigger” or “review” points into absence procedures – essentially setting a figure of absence at which the procedure is automatically “triggered” and the absence is then “reviewed”. Review point systems are usually based on either: These can be very…
21 Dec National minimum wage (NMW) from 1 April 2024
The government has announced increases to the National Minimum Wage which come into effect from 1st April 2024. National Living Wage (NLW) 21 years old and over £11.44 8-20 year olds £8.60 16-17 year olds £6.40 Apprentices £6.40 Accommodation offset £9.99
