In many instances Business Owners and businesses are not familiar with the term ‘Settlement Agreement’, also known as a ‘ Compromise Agreement’, in any event many people have not had the need to use them, that is until 2020, where Businesses have found themselves in the unfortunate position of having to make roles redundant in […]
What are your responsibilities? All Employers have a ‘duty of care’ towards their Employees. This means doing all you reasonably can to support your Employees ‘ health, safety and wellbeing. This would include: Ensuring your Employees can work safely and healthily Protecting them from discrimination, for example making sure reasonable adjustments are considered for Employees with […]
Your Employees may need additional mental health support during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, if they already have mental health problems they may be impacted more. In many cases, Employees may need support such as: Time off Reasonable adjustments It is important that you are understanding towards the needs and concerns of your Employees, […]
With working from home now part of many people’s everyday lives, Mental Health, increasingly is a topic that we should be bringing to the forefront of our minds. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the usual support your team perhaps had access to in your workplace will not be as accessible or it may be […]
As we are now amid Lockdown No3 in the UK we know this is affecting many businesses with a strong ‘work from home’ message, but what about other Employees, the ones left in the workplace. The Lockdown will undoubtedly ignite uncertainty into Employees who are worried about contracting the new variant of coronavirus, since the […]
NO JAB – NO JOB!!! Latest updates in relation to the NO JAB, NO JOB saga in the UK, It may be legal for companies to insist on new Employees being vaccinated as a condition of their employment, the justice secretary has now stated. In a statement, Robert Buckland said it was unlikely bosses could […]
It is now time to plan the annual leave, the 2022 deadline is approaching, in our latest article we revisit the carrying over of leave during the Coronavirus Pandemic, how that assisted you as an Employer, what the new legislation covered when it ends and what you should do now to ensure you are compliant. […]
Main Purpose of the updated rules: As the United Kingdom has now left the European Union. The Government has made changes to the Immigration Law. The new Immigration Law has begun to take effect from the 31st December 2020 and individuals who were a resident in the UK on or before the 31st December 2020 […]
The chances of you finding yourself with an Employee who tests positive for Covid-19 have now dramatically increased. The purpose of this update is to help you be prepared if you face this situation. As with all of the guidance with coronavirus, we need to remind you that these are unprecedented times, and it is […]
In December 2020, the Government published the proposed Statutory Rates for Family Friendly Payments which include Maternity Pay, Paternity Pay, Shared Parental Pay, Adoption Pay, Parental Bereavement Pay and Sick Pay from April 2021. The Statutory increases normally occur on the first Sunday in April, which in 2021 will be Sunday 4 April. Statutory Maternity […]
