HR Alert: Employee in quarantine
WHAT should practices do if an employee must quarantine for 14 days?
Furlough scheme extended to October
THE Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to be extended until the end of October 2020.
Case study: An unfair blanket ban
The case of Mr S v Elements Personnel Services Ltd highlights the potential for discrimination in blanket policies
All change for contracts
THERE are some key changes coming into effect next month that will affect the way employment contracts are put together.
Don't forget
THE National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020 have been published, taking effect from 1 April.
Ask the expert: Maternity leave redundancy
Our administrator is due back from maternity leave soon, but her duties have been taken over by other staff. Can we make her role redundant?
Post-Brexit employment rights
EXISTING employment laws are expected to continue to apply in the UK until at least the end of 2020, the Government has said.
Boost for pay and allowances
EMPLOYEES will receive boosts to key areas such as leave arrangements and holiday pay under new employment law changes.
Additional employment law cover for practices
SINCE employment tribunal fees were abolished in July 2017, there has been a significant increase in the number of UK employment tribunal claims.
Bereaved parents have new right to paid time off
WORKING parents who experience the death of a child will be granted two weeks’ paid bereavement leave under new rules, known as ‘Jack’s Law’, which are due to come into effect.