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Late Easter ‘could land employers in hot water over staff holidays’
Sarah Collier
Employers are being warned they could land in hot water with staff over their annual holiday entitlement because Easter falls late this year.
Continue ReadingRate Updates 2025 – Employment Law
Alex Murray
Several significant changes in employment law rates are set to take effect in 2025. These updates will impact various aspects of employment, including wages, family-friendly payments, and statutory leave. Below is a detailed overview of the key changes.
Continue ReadingWhat is the injury to feelings award and how is it calculated?
Alex Murray
Where an employee is discriminated against by their employer in relation to a protected characteristic, they can bring a number of claims under the Equality Act 2010. The protected characteristics set out in this Act are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Continue ReadingEmployment Rights Bill: What’s Changing?
An Amendment Paper on the Employment Rights Bill was published at the end of November. Key proposed changes include the following proposals from the Government:
Continue ReadingGovernment announces new rates for family leave pay and statutory sick pay from 6th April 2025
The statutory rates of pay applicable to the various different types of family leave which can be taken, together with the amount payable as statutory sick pay, are updated on an annual basis. The new rates, which will apply from 6th April 2025, have now been published by the Government. The new rates are as follows:
Continue ReadingUplifts for failure to follow fire and rehire code of practice to apply to protective awards from January 2025
When the Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement came into force in July this year, a notable omission from the list of claims to which uplifts could be applied for non-compliance was protective awards.
Continue ReadingCompensation for discrimination: injury to feelings awards
In discrimination cases, employees can claim compensation for the emotional distress caused by their employer’s actions. This is called an injury to feelings award, which is separate from any financial loss.
Continue ReadingWhat can employers do if they find that an employee has lied on their CV?
Rachel Reeves, our current Chancellor, came in for some criticism recently when it was claimed that she had tweaked the details of a previous role at HBOS on her LinkedIn profile (referring to her job as one of ‘economist’ when, allegedly, the role had been a ‘retail banking’ one).
Continue ReadingWhen can an employer lawfully deduct from an employee’s wages?
If an employee carries out work, then they are generally entitled to receive wages from their employer in return. The amount of wages payable will generally be set out in the employment contract. Making deductions from the amount otherwise due can be tricky. But deductions can be lawful when made for the right reason and managed correctly.
Continue ReadingTUPE: a step-by-step guide to the rules around relevant transfers and dismissal
In De Marchi v London United, the Employment Appeal Tribunal shone a light on the complicated and fiddly provisions contained in the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) relating to relevant transfers and termination of employment. Here is our step-by-step guide to the rules as they are currently understood:
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