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Many employers and HR advisors have asked me what they need to be aware of in terms of changes in employment law due to BREXIT.
If you are an EU national living in the UK, you and your family need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme if you want to continue living in the UK after 31 December 2020. What is the EU Settlement Scheme? The EU Settlement Scheme will allow you and your family to continue to live […]
During the course of the employment relationship or after the employment relationship has ended, an employer may receive a subject access request from an employee. Employees tend to make a SAR request when they have a grievance. The law relating to data protection has recently been updated as a result of the EU General Data […]
Supreme Court confirms that “self-employed” plumbers are workers in the recent case of Pimlico Plumbers Ltd and another v Smith. Why does employment status matter? A self-employed contractor is paid what is agreed for a certain job to be done. How it is done, and by whom, is not relevant, so long as the job […]
After the UK leaves the EU, EU citizens’ resident status in the UK will be dependent on how long they have lived in the UK and whether they arrived by the end of the implementation period on 31 December 2020, following our exit from the EU. In this particular scenario, the EU national will continue to […]
Turkish business people have been coming to the UK and setting up businesses for a number of years and taking advantage of the “Ankara Agreement.” However, the Home Office has announced that they will no longer accept applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) under the Turkish European Communities Association Agreement (ECAA) Business Persons category, […]
The Employment Appeal Tribunal in a case called Mirab v Mentor Graphics (UK) Limited held that an employee does not specifically have to raise “bumping” before an employer needs to consider it. The decision not to consider “bumping” must be viewed through the “range of reasonable responses” test. What is bumping? Bumping is the process of moving […]
I’m sure many businesses have received calls from employees saying they can’t come in to work because of travel disruptions or school closures but what can you, as a business, legally do. It is so important to have an internal policy setting out what is expected from all staff. This way your senior staff know […]
Passport costs are proposed to increase on 27th March 2018. Online applications, which are available to all UK-based applicants, will increase from £72.50 to £75.50 for adults and £49 for children. Postal applications will increase by £12.50 to £85 for adults and £58.50 for children. The proposals, which are subject to Parliamentary approval, would mean […]
