Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, full-time workers are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’ annual leave in each leave year.
The calculation of holiday pay has been a major issue for employers in recent years. The trend has been for courts and tribunals to find that more than just base pay has to be included in holiday pay. This includes regular overtime and commission payments.
The annual increase to the limits on compensation that can be awarded in an...
The name Pimlico Plumbers has become synonymous with the gig economy and workers’ rights over the past eight years. And...
If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...
During the Christmas period employers face a minefield of HR challenges. How well prepared is your organisation for the festive...
How should employers deal with annual leave entitlement for employees on long-term sick leave? This issue is dealt with in...
The IWGB union has a called a 24-hour strike against Uber and is urging the public not use the taxi-hailing...
Can you dismiss before a probationary period ends if they're not up to the job?
The Labour party would give gig economy workers the same rights as employees – including sick pay, parental leave and...
Taking less than three weeks’ holiday a year could result in early death, even if a healthy lifestyle is maintained,...
We can’t be expected to work in this heat! This may have become a familiar complaint for employers to deal...
One in 12 workers are not receiving their full holiday entitlement, according to the TUC.
The trade union body’s analysis...
MPs on the House of Commons environmental audit committee have urged Public Health England to advise employers to allow flexible...
An employment tribunal has ruled that a group of Hermes couriers are workers, rather than self-employed.
Employment status
Amazon delivery...
Many HR professionals will have spent months preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Now it is finally in...
Two in five UK employees (40%) took a maximum of just half of their annual leave entitlement during the past...
