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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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Over 30% of fit notes issued due to poor mental health

A new NHS Digital report has said that nearly a third of all fit notes are issued to workers because of their poor mental health. According to the report (which…

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Monitoring employees personal messages

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has decided that an employee’s human rights were breached when his employer monitored and viewed his personal messages to his…

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Information Commissioner demystifies GDPR consent

The Information Commissioner has published a blog demystifying the use of consent under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).   The Commissioner confirms that “…you’ve got to make sure…

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Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill published

The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill 2017-19 was published on 13 October 2017. This is likely to become law. The proposed legislation would give employees who lose a child…

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Acas guidance – parents with ill or premature babies

Acas has published guidance for employers on how to support parents with premature or sick babies. The recommendations for employers include: Ensuring that staff are made aware of their statutory…

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Accommodation Offets

Accommodation for Employees  The Accommodation Offset is a figure set by the Government each year.  It is the limit on the amount that can be considered as a value for…

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Voluntary Overtime – a Light at the end of the Tunnel?

Most employers will be aware of the extensive case law that has emerged over the past few years regarding the calculation of holiday pay where employees also work  overtime. We…

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Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave

The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill 2017 was introduced into the House of Commons in July 2017. Under the bill, employed parents who have lost a child would be…

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