Welcome to the 2022 edition of the HR Buyers Guide. In this guide is everything you need to know to choose the right type of HR support for your business. You will discover: What we have learnt from Covid, How HR affects your business success and bottom line, The cost of HR gone bad, The […]
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It has been announced that an additional bank holiday will take place in June this year to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. How should employers manage this? Are employees entitled to paid time off for this day? Normally the Spring Bank Holiday takes place on the last Monday in May. However, to mark the Queen’s
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With the pandemic still dominating the agenda, on the face of it, there is very little new legislation or changes to legislation and therefore 2022 looks to be a relatively quiet year in terms of confirmed employment law changes. However, that could change depending on what happens with the Omicron variant. It’s therefore possible we
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This article explores the position with EU citizens (which is the label used within it to refer to EU/EEA/Swiss citizens) who are already in the UK, who arrived prior to 31st December 2020 and who arrive in the UK from 1st January 2021. How will Brexit impact employment? The main impact of Brexit in employment law
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In this article we look at the changes due to IR35 from Spring 2021. The IR35 rule was introduced in 2000 to equalise the tax position between employees and individuals that provide their services, usually using a company (often called a Personal Services Company – PSC). The IR35 legislation aims to ensure a person acting
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It is important that businesses continue posting social media content during lockdown. This may be to keep in touch with your clients and customers, to attract new perspective clients and customers or to maintain your brand awareness whilst face to face meetings and networking are non existent. However, if your staff are posting on behalf
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If Britain decides to close schools and nurseries, what are your options with regards to your staff who may be affected. Initially, time off could be taken as ‘Time Off for Dependents Leave‘. This is usually up to 2 days unpaid leave in order to make alternative arrangements (of course you can pay it at your
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The following are employment law changes that will be effective from April 2020. Contracts of Employment/Section 1 statements Currently, you have up to 8 weeks after your employee’s start date to give them a written contract. Many of you will already do this, however, from the 6th April 2020, you need to give all new
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On the face of it, either party giving notice is a fairly straight forward process. However, there are a few things to watch out for. I have set these out below for guidance. Statutory and Contractual Notice PeriodsThere are two types of notice period: statutory and contractual. Statutory notice is the minimum legal notice
In December 2018, the Government set out the reforms it planned to introduce as part of the Good Work Plan; its response to the Taylor review. Here I examine the main proposals and implications. The Good Work Plan promised an ambitious programme of work to deliver on the Government’s “vision for the future of the UK labour
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