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Warning to company directors who can be personally liable for breaches of an employment contract…
A recent case in the High Court (Antuzis v DJ Houghton Catching Services Ltd) has resulted in the director...
Never too late to get contracts out to your employees…
From time to time we come across employers who have failed to issue their employees with any written...
Right to work checks for EU, EEA and Swiss employees to remain unchanged…
The Home Office has published new guidance consisting of information for employers on right to work checks...
Increase in rates for employment claims and redundancy payments…
It’s that time of year again when new rates apply for the purposes of calculating compensation and statutory...
New Acas Guide on Age Discrimination Published
Acas has published new guidance on Age Discrimination which includes a helpful summary of the current law...
Illegal Working Update from the Home Office
The Code of Practice on Preventing Illegal Working has been updated by the Home Office. The new code...
Should the priority for pregnant women be extended…? -1
The government has published a consultation paper following a suggestion in the Taylor Review of Modern...
Statutory rates including for SMP, SAP, SPP to increase from April 2019
The following weekly rates are to increase from April 2019: Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP): from £145.18 to...
Some lessons to be learned about long-term disability plans for employees…
The EAT has determined that an employer is not able dismiss an employee who is in receipt of payments under...
