All in a Day’s Work: Discretionary Benefits The episode will focus on what discretionary benefits employers can offer and how those benefits can sometime become contractual entitlements. We will also be covering our top tips for reducing the risk of discretionary...
Dyslexia discrimination – where did M&S go wrong? Earlier this year, the Employment Tribunal found that Rita Jandu, a former Marks & Spencer Plc (M&S) employee with dyslexia, was unfairly dismissed and had been discriminated against by her employer...
Potential Significant Reforms for HR Teams in Financial Services Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced plans on Friday (9 December 2022) to review the Senior Managers and Certification (SMCR) regime, as part of a wider package of 30 reforms to the financial sector known as...
All in a Day’s Work: Has the HR Grinch stolen Christmas? This month’s episode covers the Christmas period, both the run up to and the bank holidays in between. We will be looking at why Christmas can be such a difficult period for employers and why Christmas parties...
All in a Day’s Work: Employment Contracts in a Nutshell This month’s episode provides an overview of Employment Contracts. We will be discussing employment contracts, including what you need to include in them by law, what the common pitfalls are for employers and...
Employment status for tax purposes and employment rights won’t be aligned, Government confirms The Government has published its response to an earlier consultation on employment status and employment status for tax purposes and has released new guidance on determining...
All in a Day’s Work: Holiday and Annual Leave This month’s episode covers holiday and annual leave. We will provide an overview of all things related to holiday and annual leave, including what employees are entitled to as a statutory minimum, whether holiday...
Holiday Pay – Understanding the Supreme Court Judgment in Harpur Trust v Brazel On Wednesday 20 July 2022, the Supreme Court in the UK passed a ruling which declared that part-year workers (these are workers on permanent contracts who only work part of the year, for...
Statements for Fitness for Work – Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals Granted Certification Powers As of Friday (1 July 2022), nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists and physiotherapists will be able to legally certify statement for fitness for work forms...
Proposed changes to allow agency workers to cover striking staff Today marks the first of three days of planned industrial action, with the further two days coming later this week on 23 and 25 June. The planned action will see around 40,000 national rail staff going...
