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When it comes to bank holidays, the Working Time Regulations 1998 does not differentiate between them and any other days, meaning that they can lawfully be included in an employee’s 5.6-week minimum annual leave entitlement. Additionally, employees...
In the run up to the general election, Labour made clear its plans to transform workers’ rights claiming that they were ‘not fit for the modern economy’. Their ‘new deal for working people’ made a pledge to implement sweeping...
A report has been recently published surrounding research and recommendations regarding autistic people in the workplace, which was headed by Sir Robert Buckland KC MP. According to the report, only around three in ten working age autistic...
Worryingly, the TUC has reported that over a third of employees have suffered bullying in the workplace. There is a fine line between the distinction of workplace bullying and harassment. Bullying is not legally defined as being unlawful, with gov.uk...
The Worker Protection Bill takes effect from October 2024 and introduces a new duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees during the course of their employment. Employment tribunals will therefore have the...
In April the law surrounding flexible working changed, one of the main changes being that employees are able to request flexible working arrangements from the beginning of their employment. The way in which employers must deal with such requests also...
When an employee makes a claim against your business there are various stages of an employment tribunal process that you will have to go through. Here we will outline what you should expect during each of these stages and how we can help you to defend these...
When you wish to make a claim for compensation against your employer there are various stages of an employment tribunal process that you will have to go through. Here we will outline what you should expect during each of these stages. ACAS conciliation ...
What will the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 include? The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and is due to come into force in October 2024. The legislation...
As we are heading through spring, the season brings with it updates to employment law which are due to take effect from April 2024 and beyond. Minimum wage increases The annual minimum wage increase took effect from 01 April 2024. This sees the...
