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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...
Government considering re-introducing tribunal fees
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that it may reintroduce fees for employment tribunal claims by aiming...
New GDPR guidance published – passwords and encryption
The ICO have issued new guidance regarding passwords and encryption. The advice includes use of password as...