July 19th, 2024
From April this year, the right to make a flexible working request became a day one right for all employees. Employers should have a clear policy in place, setting out...
July 19th, 2024
The recent King’s Speech outlined the new government’s legislative agenda for the upcoming months. The Employment Rights Bill, expected to be introduced by October 2024, aims to implement Labour’s ‘New...
April 9th, 2024
The Government has announced that, with effect from 7th April 2024, the rate of a week’s pay for the purpose of calculating family leave in the UK will rise to...
April 9th, 2024
The law has, for a long time, given extra protection from redundancy to those on maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave. They have the right of first refusal of any...
April 5th, 2024
From 6 April 2024, employees are entitled to take up to one week of carer's leave per year to care for a "dependant" with a "long-term care need". A dependant includes:...
April 5th, 2024
New limits on employment statutory redundancy pay come into force on 6 April 2024. Employers that make employees redundant must pay those with two years' service an amount based on...
April 3rd, 2024
The politics which surround the work fridge and its contents are often the cause of significant workplace friction. Employees who have their lunch taken and eaten are often seriously aggrieved....
April 3rd, 2024
Fit notes are the written notification of fitness to work which must be provided by an employee when they are absent from work due to sickness. Here are 5 things...
April 3rd, 2024
With effect from 6th April 2024 all employees, regardless of their length of service, will have the right to request flexible working. The Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations 2023, which were...
April 3rd, 2024
From April, under the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, employers bear the responsibility to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace, with a focus on taking reasonable...