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As 2025 draws to a close, now is the time to ensure your business is ready for the significant employment law changes coming in 2026.
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Workers who have not taken all of their statutory annual leave entitlement as a result of COVID-19 will now be able to carry it over into the next 2 leave years, under measures introduced by Business Secretary, Alok Sharma today (Friday 27 March). Currently, almost all workers are entitled to 28 days holiday including bank […]
Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, has just announced details of the rescue package for self-employed individuals. If you are self-employed you may be able to take advantage of this package which includes the following: A taxable grant worth 80% of the average monthly income, which would be capped at £2,500 per month. Income will be calculated […]
Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, introduced the Job Retention Scheme to assist businesses and to protect employee’s wages during the coronavirus pandemic. What is the job retention scheme? Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, all UK employers will be able to access support to continue paying part of their employees’ salary for those employees that would […]
Where an employee is suspended by their employer on health and safety grounds, because of a possible risk of infection which does not fall within the government’s self-isolation advice, it is likely that they have the right to continue to receive full pay on the basis of the employer’s implied duty to pay wages. This […]
In order to help the many businesses going through an unprecedented time of uncertainty, we have prepared these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for employers around Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more: Coronavirus FAQs: changing employment terms and lay-offs Q: Where an employee refuses to attend work due to fears about coronavirus, what action can an employer take […]
In order to help the many businesses going through an unprecedented time of uncertainty, we have prepared these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for employers around Coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more: Coronavirus FAQs: general employment law and HR Q: What action should employers be taking now? The action an employer should be taking will depend upon the […]
With Coronavirus taking the main stage at yesterday’s Budget, the first since Autumn 2018, it was easy to miss some of the other announcements made by the Chancellor, only weeks into the job. Statutory pay UK employees have already begun receiving statutory sick pay (SSP) from day one, payable by employers, to help contain coronavirus […]
The EU Settlement Scheme is the scheme that processes the applications of EU, EEA or Swiss citizens currently living in the UK to allow them to remain in the UK after 30 June 2021. The EU Settlement Scheme has been introduced because following Brexit, the UK is no longer an EU country. This means that […]
Following today’s prime minister’s questions in Parliament, employees will now get statutory sick pay (SSP) from their first day off work, not the fourth, in order to help contain coronavirus. Under the existing system, those off work due to illness can claim £94.25 per week for up to 28 weeks, but only once an individual […]
