Payment in lieu of notice (PILON)

Questions last month focused on the agency workers during strikes, payment in lieu of notice and dismissing an employee who is in prison.

Employers often misunderstand the tax rules that apply to termination payments. Break down the package to decide what is taxable.

Last month's most popular HR questions focused on the impact of an extra bank holiday for the Queen's state funeral.

There will be an additional bank holiday in 2022 to celebrate the Queen’s platinum jubilee.
Many employees will be entitled...

As more employees return to the workplace, employers may want to know what proportion of their workforce has had their...

The deadline for applications under the EU settlement scheme was 30 June 2021.
Where an EEA national is eligible to...

HM Treasury has confirmed that statutory and contractual notice periods will not be covered by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...

Topshop and Dorothy Perkins owner Arcadia Group has agreed to pay full salaries to staff facing redundancy, after it emerged...

Employers could be unwittingly breaking the law by calculating redundancy pay outs based on furlough pay, rather than an employees’...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was created at such speed that it created many unanswered questions. The government has...

Pending a review announced by chancellor Sajid Javid, reforms to the IR35 rules are due to be extended to the...

How should you calculate holiday pay for a term-time worker without regular hours?
A recent Court of Appeal decision, The...

If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...

When faced with the need to make redundancies, how should an employer decide which employees to select?
Redundancy exercises bring...

Many HR professionals will have spent months preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Now it is finally in...