What is a tribunal and how can they be avoided?
Employment tribunal’s deal with claims brought against employers by employees. Claims can typically relate to unfair and wrongful dismissals, discrimination, equal pay, and deductions from wages. When employment tribunals were…
Maternity leave – What are the current requirements?
When you take time off to have a baby you might be eligible for Statutory Maternity Leave and Statutory Maternity Pay. Below we have outlined what you could be entitled…
Why your new business needs HR
The obvious reason is to start as you mean to go on…. As a start-up, HR is often over looked. The pandemic has changed the way we work, and has…
New guidance on ‘fire and rehire’
ACAS have released new best practice advice on promoting and maintaining good employee relations. The recommendation is to aim, to reach agreement with proposed contractual changes in order to avoid…
Furlough Scheme extended to 30 April 2021
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced the furlough scheme is being extended for an extra month, until the end of April 2021. The government will also continue to pay 80%…
Supporting staff Mental Health during COVID
The events of the past few months have affected everyone. Whether employees have been working from home, furloughed or key workers supporting others and keeping the country going, everyone has…
Job Support Scheme Amendment
Updated 22nd October 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced today a further amendment to the Job Support Scheme, which is due to begin on 1 November 2020. When originally announced,…
Important: New Coronavirus Regulations
New Regulations have been made, which came into force on 28th September 2020 (in England only). The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 are complex. They set out…