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April 2018 increases to statutory pay

The government has announced the following proposed increases to statutory benefit payments: Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental pay and maternity allowance will all be £145.18 a week (up from…

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Travel Disruption due to bad weather

Travel Disruption due to bad weather From time to time, travel disruption can affect an employee’s ability to get to work on time, or in some cases at all. For…

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14 Things HR Need To Know About Christmas

14 Things HR Need To Know About Christmas Decorations Employers are obliged to provide and maintain a safe place of work for employees. While employers’ health and safety obligations should…

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Automatic enrolment and re-enrolment: upcoming deadlines for employers

Most employers have passed their automatic enrolment staging date and are automatically enrolling new workers into a pension scheme as a matter of routine. However, employers need to be aware…

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Autumn 2017 Budget: key employment announcements

The Government will increase the national minimum wage from April 2018 to the following rates: Apprentices: £3.70 an hour; 16-17 year olds: £4.20 an hour; 18-20 year olds: £5.90 an…

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Employment tribunal fees: refund scheme

The Government has now rolled out the tribunal fees refund scheme in full. As anticipated, the scheme is open to both claimants and respondents who paid a fee, including those…

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Acas publishes new pregnancy and maternity discrimination guidance

Acas has published guidance for employers on how to prevent pregnancy and maternity discrimination at work. Acas recommends several measures, including: Developing a policy that outlines the responsibilities and rights…

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Acas guidance on sexual harassment at work

Acas has published new guidance for employers on how to identify and support people who face sexual harassment at work. Acas highlights a number of behaviours that could be interpreted…

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UK voluntary living wage rises

Around 150,000 workers have received a pay rise following increases to the voluntary living wage (VLW) rate. The amount of the VLW is set by the Living Wage Foundation and…

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Sleep-in staff: Minimum wage enforcement resumes

The Government has resumed minimum wage enforcement for healthcare providers. The new Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) will enable healthcare providers to identify what they owe to workers and (if…

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ICO roll out new GDPR guidance for small businesses

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued new guidance for small businesses on the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will take effect from 25 May 2018. The new…

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Suspension was a breach of contract

Facts Ms Agoreyo was an experienced primary school teacher for the London Borough of Lambeth. She taught a class of up to 29 five and six year old children, two…

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Acas issues guidance for transsexual employees

The Institute for Employment Studies has published a new study that suggests managers are failing to provide adequate support to transsexual employees at work. According to the Acas-commissioned study, employers experience…

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Acas publishes new mental health guidance

Acas has published guidance to assist employers in supporting staff with mental health issues. The guidance suggests how employees might spot signs of mental ill-health and provides employers with a…

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Dismissal not unfair where employer took account of previous incidents

Facts Ms Pillar was employed by NHS 24 as a Nurse Practitioner. Her work consisted of taking telephone calls from members of the public and triaging them by asking appropriate…

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Draft Brexit rules could cause an “unskilled workforce crisis”

UK industry would find it “near impossible” to recruit low-skilled EU workers post-Brexit, if rules governing access to the UK jobs market for non-EU migrant workers were extended to EU…

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1% of those entitled take shared parental leave

Research undertaken by commercial law firm EMW, has revealed that only 8,700 new parents made use of the shared parental leave system in the last year, accounting for less than…

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Modern slavery checks failing to monitor workers in supply chains

A recent research report has suggested that employers are at risk of employing victims of modern slavery due to the complexity of the modern labour market. According to the report,…

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