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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has opened a consultation seeking views on proposals to extend the redundancy protection of new mothers from the date they notify their employer in writing of their pregnancy to six months after...

Iceland offered employees the chance to pay into a Christmas Club scheme, where they could put money aside over the course of the year towards Christmas expenses. £3.7 million of wages were saved this way.  However, because the cash was deducted before it reached...

Iceland offered employees the chance to pay into a Christmas Club scheme, where they could put money aside over the course of the year towards Christmas expenses. £3.7 million of wages were saved this way.  However, because the cash was deducted before it reached...

There have been a number of recent legal rulings finding that individuals who are categorised by businesses as self-employed contractors are, in reality, workers or employees who are entitled to minimum worker benefits, such as the National Minimum Wage, statutory...

Employment law legislation excludes certain conditions from the definition of disability, including a tendency to steal, set fires, or physically or sexually abuse other persons. An employee working for Durham County Council as an anti-social behaviour...

The Government has published its Good Work Plan today.  The Plan sets out the Government's vision for the future of the UK labour market, as well as how it intends to implement the recommendations arising from the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. What...

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published new guidance on passwords in online services and encryption under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The main points: Organisations should have an encryption policy and train staff in the use of...

From 6 April 2019, payslips MUST be given to "workers" and not just employees.  Payslips MUST also have the following information on them:  the total number of hours worked where the pay varies according the hours worked, for example under variable hours or...

GIG ECONOMY CASES Pimlico Plumbers The Supreme Court has decided that a plumber who brought a case against his former employer was in fact a “worker” and should therefore be entitled to holiday pay and other basic workers’ rights. The court upheld the previous...