Blog - Morgan LaRoche

25% of employees currently have no unfair dismissal rights

TUC has published a recent report revealing that approximately 7.5 million employees, being 25% of workers, have been employed for less than two year, therefore, not been employed long enough…

Mental health income gap in the UK

A recent report has been published by the Mental Health and Income Commission which is a collaboration of businesses, trade unions and charities led by the Money and Mental Health…

Flexible working to be day-one right for employees

The CIPD has launched a new campaign calling for the right to request flexible working to be a day-one right for all employees and for employers to advertise jobs as…

BEIS review of workers’ rights cancelled

On 27 January 2021, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, the Business Secretary, announced that a post-Brexit review of workers’ rights due to be carried out by the Department for Business, Energy and…

Awareness about workers’ rights to be improved

In a bid to combat nationwide lack of knowledge about workers’ rights, on 22 January 2021, the Welsh Government announced that it will be collaborating with a range of partners…

Domestic abuse guidance

On 14 January 2021, an open letter to employers calling on them to support the victims of domestic abuse was published by the Government. BEIS has also now published a…

Sexual harassment of women increases

Rights of Women charity has recently raised its concerns regarding the increase in online sexual harassment of women at work as platforms used by employers to facilitate remote working such…

The importance of preparing a Power of Attorney

“Kate Garraway’s heart-breaking story of her husband Derek’s year-long battle with Covid has been made even more complicated by the lack of legal protection she and Derek had in place.…

Extra bank holiday in June 2022 for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

In a press release on 12 November 2020, the government announced the creation of a Platinum Jubilee four-day weekend in June 2022. Indeed, as part of the celebration of the…

BBC restricts employees’ social media use

BBC publishes guidelines for employees detailing that employees are banned from expressing “a personal opinion on matters of public policy, politics or controversial topics” in a bid to “force staff…

Real Living Wage increases to £9.50 per hour

The real Living Wage is a recommended UK wage rate which aims to better meet the financial needs of workers than the statutory National Living Wage. Currently paid voluntarily by…

ICO fines Marriott £18.4 million for cyber-breach

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a monetary penalty notice fining Marriott International Inc (Marriott) £18.4 million for breaching its data security obligations under GDPR, leaving about 339 million…

Gender pay gap reduction

Recent data published by the Official National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK’s gender pay gap, calculated using the median hourly earnings of full-time employees, has fallen to 7.4%…

20% of whistleblowers dismissed for raising COVID-19 concerns

A recent report published by whistleblowing charity Protect, which analysed over 600 calls to its advice line between March and September 2020, reveals that 41% of callers were ignored and…

Employers prioritise highest paid furloughed workers for pay top up

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found that employers prioritised paying full pay to top earners during the COVID-19 pandemic in contrast with the UK’s lowest paid workers who…

Employers not paying national minimum wage

139 employers have been named and shamed for failure to pay the national minimum wage to their employees. On 31 December 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy…

Tribunal statistics July to September 2020

During July to September 2020, single claim receipts rose to 11,000 and multiple claim receipts rose to 19,000 (a respective 13% and 24% increase compared with the same quarter in…

Proposed increases to statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay

From 4 April 2021, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its proposed increases to a number of statutory benefit payments. The following weekly rates are expected to…

Article Categories

25% of employees currently have no unfair dismissal rights

Mental health income gap in the UK

Flexible working to be day-one right for employees

BEIS review of workers’ rights cancelled

Awareness about workers’ rights to be improved

Domestic abuse guidance

Sexual harassment of women increases

The importance of preparing a Power of Attorney

Extra bank holiday in June 2022 for Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

BBC restricts employees’ social media use

Real Living Wage increases to £9.50 per hour

ICO fines Marriott £18.4 million for cyber-breach

Gender pay gap reduction

20% of whistleblowers dismissed for raising COVID-19 concerns

Employers prioritise highest paid furloughed workers for pay top up

Employers not paying national minimum wage

Tribunal statistics July to September 2020

Proposed increases to statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay