News 📰 Labour’s Employment Rights Bill has been released The Labour government’s new Employment Rights Bill was released on 10 October 2024. As yet, there is no firm implementation date for the new legislation, although commentators are...
News 📰 Compressed hours proposal At the end of August, it was suggested that, as part of their employment law reforms, the Labour government may allow employees to work a four-day week. Beyond the current provisions allowing employees to request...
News 📰 In the first King’s Speech since the general election, the new Labour government has confirmed that it will introduce an Employment Rights Bill within its first 100 days and will publish a draft Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. On...
Following Labour’s election victory, we can expect some big changes to employment law. We covered their proposals in last month’s employment law update and they have pledged to bring in most of these within their first 100 days in office....
News 📰 Labour’s Green Paper The big news in the employment world this month is Labour’s proposals set out in their Green Paper on changes they intend to make to employment law, should they become our next government following the...
Last month saw a significant number of employment law changes come into force on 6 April. The pace of change has since continued unabated and so this month’s update covers the latest developments in case law, changes affecting the hospitality sector...
News 📰 There have been a number of key changes implemented in March/April 2024, including: Statutory paternity leave – 8 March 2024 Leave can now be taken in separate one week blocks. Leave can be taken any time in the 52 weeks after the...
Breaking news 📰 From 6 April 2024, the limit to a week’s pay for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy payments will increase from £643 to £700. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal claims will increase...
A recent story caught the headlines because the Employment Tribunal upheld the decision of the Financial Conduct Authority that an employee should not be allowed to work entirely from home. The employee had been working from home since the beginning of...
With the new changes to the Working Time Regulations (introduced on 1 January 2024), we thought now would be a good time to recap on the basics of calculating holiday entitlement and pay. The changes are supposed to have made details of holiday entitlement...
News 📰 Changes to the Working Time Regulations The new year kicked off with amendments to the Working Time Regulations which came into effect on 1st January 2024. The changes mainly deal with how employers calculate the amount of holiday that...
With Christmas approaching, the main changes in this month’s newsletter come from the much anticipated Autumn statement issued by the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt. For any queries, please do not hesitate to contact our employment team. Happy holidays! ...
A new law has recently been passed that will place a legal duty on employers to take “reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment at work. The duty will come into force in October 2024, giving employers time to review what they are already...
The Government has confirmed how they intend to deal with various retained EU employment law issues, including: There will be an introduction of “rolled-up” holiday pay, which enables workers who work irregular hours or part time hours to...
Employment Update 📰 Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 This act received Royal Assent on 19 September 2023 BUT isn’t expected to come into force until September 2024. It will introduce a new statutory right for workers to...
There has recently been an important case ( Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland v Agnew ) in relation to holiday pay in the Supreme Court. The case is outlined below but shows that a gap of 3 months between underpayments does not...
Citibank has successfully defended an unfair dismissal claim by an employee who was dismissed for claiming expenses for sandwiches and coffee for his partner. The Claimant brought his unfair dismissal claim against the bank after he was dismissed for gross...
Employment Update 📰 Fines under the right to work scheme will triple in January 2024. If an employer is found to have employed an illegal worker, fines will rise from £15,000 to £45,000 for a first breach and from £20,000 to...
This week, Parliament passed legislation that will change how employers need to deal with flexible working requests and simplifies the process for employees. The key changes are: Employers cannot refuse a request without consulting with the employee; ...
Employment Update 📰 Worker status - Employee or not employee? We’re starting this update with a brief review of worker status. We were instructed by a client who had not been paid a monthly invoice for work undertaken as a contractor. He...
