An Employers Guide to Summer Holidays With the summer holidays just around the corner, balancing work and childcare for 6-7 weeks can be quite an overwhelming prospect for both employers and employees with childcare responsibilities. It is important that employers ensure that the necessary policies, practices and cover are in place to support both the […]
Valentine’s Day is here again and for many employers, this serves as a reminder that love can be found in many places, including at work. With people dedicating more time to their careers, relationships between colleagues are now common. Although romance in the air may increase morale, employee relationships can be problematic for employers for
National Minimum Wages Changes The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is the minimum amount of money per hour to which workers in the UK are entitled. It is reviewed yearly by the government, which is advised by the Low Pay Commission (an independent body). As of 1 April 2017, the National Minimum Wage will be increasing
The ESSENTIAL Guide to Holiday Pay – 8:30am Tuesday 22 November 2016, Nantgarw We would like to invite you to our FREE seminar. Places are limited and we expect them to fill quickly. To secure a place please email admin@p4b-law.co.uk You will know how many questions arise from the topic of holiday pay, which is without
New National Minimum Wage Rates Age Current Rate New Rate from 1 October 2016 Age 25 + £7.20 £7.20 Age 21 + £6.70 £6.95 Age 18 – 20
Voluntary overtime should be Included in calculation of statutory holiday pay The recent case in the Employment Tribunal of Brettle v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council held that that voluntary overtime should be included in the calculation of statutory holiday pay. Previous cases have decided that in certain circumstances compulsory overtime ought to be included in
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Banning Muslims’ headscarves at work may not be discriminatory Following a recent case, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that it is sometimes acceptable for employers to refuse to allow female Muslims to wear headscarves in the workplace. This is on the important condition that the employers implement a company-wide policy of banning
Travelling time is working time Following the case of Federación de Servicios Privados del sindicato Comisiones Obreras v Tyco Integrated Security SL, Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Corporation Servicios SA Case C 266/14 ECJ, time spent by mobile workers travelling from their home to their first appointment and from their last appointment to their home now