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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

In July 2017, the House of Lords were presented with the Modern Slavery (Transparency in Supply Chains) Bill 2017. The Bill makes further provision for transparency in supply chains…

National Minimum Wage: sleep-in shifts in the social care sector

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) enforces payment of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and is currently investigating social care providers for underpayment of the NMW in respect of “sleep-in” shifts.…

So, employment tribunal fees are unlawful but what happens now?

After the flurry of activity from the July Supreme Court decision – that Employment Tribunal fees are unlawful – what happens now? 1. It is unlikely that fees will…

BBC gender pay gap

BBC Director General, Tony Hall, hopes to close the BBC gender pay gap by 2020, following a letter signed by 40 of the BBC’s most high-profile female stars (including the…

The Taylor Review of the “Gig” Economy

The “gig economy” (where individuals are engaged by businesses on a flexible, ad hoc basis – e.g. Uber drivers) has recently presented problems for determining employment status. The Taylor Review…

Disciplining for quoting the Bible

Mr Trayhorn was employed by the Secretary of State as a gardener at a prison. The prison had a chapel, and employed full-time Chaplains. Mr Trayhorn was a Pentecostal Christian,…

How to handle cancer in the workplace?

I am a HR Manager, and have recently been informed that one of our employees unfortunately has cancer. What should I do to support our employee in the workplace? People…

Liquid lunches: can an employer stop staff drinking during working hours?

We recently saw Lloyd’s of London banning a lunchtime pint during the working day but how far can an employer police what workers do when they are outside the office…

Gender pay gap begins just one year after graduation

The Department of Education has published data that suggests women graduates are paid less than male graduates despite studying the same subject in the same year. Women graduating in Veterinary…

Directors backlash after informing staff to vote Tory

Two Managing Directors have been criticised in the lead up to the election after reportedly telling staff that their jobs were at risk if they failed to vote Conservative. …

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Suspension was a breach of contract

ICO roll out new GDPR guidance for small businesses

Sleep-in staff: Minimum wage enforcement resumes

UK voluntary living wage rises

Acas guidance on sexual harassment at work

Acas guidance – parents with ill or premature babies

Acas publishes new pregnancy and maternity discrimination guidance

Accommodation Offets

Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave

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

Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

National Minimum Wage: sleep-in shifts in the social care sector

So, employment tribunal fees are unlawful but what happens now?

BBC gender pay gap

The Taylor Review of the “Gig” Economy

Disciplining for quoting the Bible

How to handle cancer in the workplace?

Liquid lunches: can an employer stop staff drinking during working hours?

Gender pay gap begins just one year after graduation

Directors backlash after informing staff to vote Tory