Employment
Changes to holiday pay in 2024
This article sets out changes in the law relating to holiday pay, and your payroll team or payroll provider should already be…
Me too – the Government addresses sexual harassment in the workplace.
The problem of sexual harassment in the workplace has been placed front and centre by recent scandals ranging from Hollywood to British…
2023 Developments in Employment Law
Employment legislation in 2023 has had an emphasis on family and work life balance, although the enacted laws will not apply immediately….
Settlement Agreements: A clean break
An employer may offer an employee a settlement agreement when they want to terminate the employment on mutually agreed terms. …
Trends in the workplace
Significant world and national events – the pandemic, the fall-out from Brexit, the war in Ukraine, 3 prime ministers in 7 weeks,…
Holiday Pay headaches
During this long, hot summer the Supreme Court was busy considering how holiday pay for employees who work irregular hours should be…
Restrictive Covenants – are they worth the paper they’re written on?
It is understandable for an employer to want to protect its business in the event that one of its senior employees or…
Fear of COVID-19 is Not a Philosophical Belief
A fear of contracting COVID-19 or infecting others with the virus is both worthy of respect and readily understandable. However, an Employment…
Employers are Generally Entitled to Fruits of Their Employees’ Creativity
Inventive employees can find it galling that copyright in their creative works generally belongs not to them but to their employers. As…
Workplace Relationships Broken Down? Always Avoid a Knee-Jerk Response
Where irresolvable differences of opinion render an employment relationship entirely unworkable, dismissal may be justified. However, as one case showed, a knee-jerk…