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New National Minimum Wage Rates The rates which will apply from 1 April 2023 are as follows: Rate from April 2023 Annual increase (£) Annual increase (per cent) National Living Wage £10.42 0.92 9.7 21-22 Year Old Rate £10.18 1.00 10.9 18-20 Year Old Rate £7.49 0.66...

Are you dealing with flexible working requests correctly? Since the pandemic, employers have reported an increase in the number of flexible working requests that they are receiving. This is no surprise, in a market where candidates are hand picking their employers,...

Although a signature on a policy is not a legal requirement for evidencing agreement, it will be acceptable evidence in any tribunal proceedings that an employee has read and understood a policy. An employment tribunal has ruled that a train driver who posted...

The vast majority of companies taking part in the world’s largest trial of a four-day week have opted to continue with the new working pattern, in a result hailed as evidence that it could work across the UK economy. Of the 61 companies that entered the six-month...

The government is backing a Private Members Bill, the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill. If passed the Bill will amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) to give workers and agency workers the right to request a predictable work pattern. The...

There is a war for talent at the moment, recruitment is difficult in most industries. How do you make yourself an attractive employer in todays market? How can you retain your existing talent? Create a great culture Employees do not want to turn up for work, do their...

The financial crisis is leading employers to look at their overheads and headcount. Redundancies are one option but there are a few others on the table: Lay off and Short Time Working If you have a clause in your contracts of employment, you may be able to ask your...

Last year I informed you all of the changes to holiday calculations following the court ruling in Harpur Trust. The court ruled that holiday entitlement under the Working Time Regulations 1998 for permanent part-year workers should not be pro-rated so that it is...

Flexible working Courtesy of the pandemic, flexible working has been fairly high on most employers' agendas for some time now. The government has confirmed in its response to its consultation, 'Making flexible working the default', that a number of changes will be...