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2019 Key Developments
Happy New Year Hope you had a restful and enjoyable holiday season This update summarises the key developments to look out for in 2019. Increase in National Minimum Wage rates Both the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates will increase on 1 April 2019,...
GDPR News
How to avoid a £400 GDPR fine ICO starts to take action against organisations under GDPR On 26 September 2018, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced that it has commenced formal enforcement action against 34 organisations that have failed to pay the...
Me Too
Harassment whether by men on women, men on men, women on men or women on women is in the news every day. Whether you a potential US Supreme court judge, a film producer or just a manager in an organisation harassment is unacceptable. Legally it is defined as 'unwanted...
Steps to avoid tribunals
Are you surprised the last set of tribunal statistics shows that the number of lodged claims has increased by 78% no, neither was I. Fee abolition has made it much easier for an employee to take a punt and lodge a claim. ACAS preclaim conciliation can help but if the...
Working in hot temperatures
You don’t need me to tell you its hot outside and although this is the time of year when some of us head off to other hot places many of us will remain at work. Shown below is some guidance from ACAS and the HSE. In the UK there is no maximum temperature that a...
The end of the GIG Economy?
You will have seen that Pimlico Plumbers lost their case in the supreme court over the status of one of their staff. Gary Smith worked solely for the London-based company from August 2005 until April 2011. After suffering a heart attack, Smith asked for his working...
Steps to avoid HR tribunals
Are you surprised the last set of HR tribunal statistics shows that the number of lodged claims has increased by 78%? No, neither was I. Fee abolition has made it much easier for an employee to take a punt and lodge a claim. ACAS preclaim conciliation can help but if...
Steps to avoid HR tribunals
Are you surprised the last set of HR tribunals statistics shows that the number of lodged claims has increased by 78%? No, neither was I. Fee abolition has made it much easier for an employee to take a punt and lodge a claim. ACAS pre claim conciliation can help but...
GDPR & HR
Act Now for HR and the GDPR! If you’re not GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliant by 25th May 2018, you could be fined up to €20 Million Euros or 4% of annual company turnover, whichever is the greater. Don’t panic the ICO (Information Commissioner’s...
HR and the GDPR
Act Now! If you’re not GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliant by 25th May 2018, you could be fined up to €20 Million Euros or 4% of annual company turnover, whichever is the greater. Don’t panic the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) have said that...
Statutory Changes to Various HR Related payments from April 2018
Here are the statutory changes that will occur from April 2018. All will appear on our relevant website pages. Tribunal Awards Compensation limits and minimum awards will increase again with effect from 6 April 2018. Things to note: the cap on the compensatory award...
The Pitfalls of an Office Romance
Nobody wants to be a killjoy when it comes to romantic relationships, particularly an office romance, especially with Valentines Day approaching. People strike up relationships in all environments, places and events. As they spend a substantial amount of their waking...
What you need to know when snow chaos arrives
It's thick snow outside! The roads may be closed or not cleared by the local council. Public transport has ground to a halt. Schools are closed, etc. etc. So what do you and your employees do? What are your and their responsibilities about not turning up for work?...
HR News – ECJ rules in favour of Worker in Sash Windows Holiday Case
The latest HR news is that businesses with self-employed workforces are highly likely to have to compensate many of their workers for previously unpaid holiday, after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today ruled in favour of a worker in the long-running and eagerly...
The HR implications of Today’s Uber Verdict
What are the HR implications now that the taxi firm Uber has lost an appeal at the Employment Appeal Tribunal against a ruling that its drivers should be treated as workers rather than self-employed. Last year a tribunal ruled drivers James Farrar and Yaseen Aslam...