Employment Law

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    Guide

    Night Workers

    In this guide, we'll discuss night work, the rights of night workers, and what you must do to comply with the law.

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    Express Terms

    Read our guide where we'll discuss express terms, your legal obligations, and the legal consequences of breaching an employment contract.

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    Pregnant Employee Rights

    Read our guide where we'll discuss pregnant employees, statutory maternity pay and antenatal appointments, as well as your legal obligations.

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    Email Monitoring in the Workplace

    Read our guide where we'll explain when you can monitor an employee's emails, what the law says about it and why companies decide to do it.

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    Reasonable Adjustments

    Read our guide where we'll discuss what reasonable adjustments are, common examples and your responsibilities as an employer.

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    Smoking in the Workplace

    Smoking is prohibited in enclosed buildings, public areas, and on public transport. Read about the legal rules on smoking at work, and how to reduce health risks to non-smokers.

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    Protection from detriment for seeking parental leave does not require formal notice

    Employees are protected from suffering a detriment because they have “sought” to take parental leave. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) had to consider, in the case of Hilton Foods Solutions Ltd v Wright, whether or not informal enquiries about taking parental leave were enough to gain this protection.

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    April changes final reminder

    There are a lot of employment law changes in April, so, here is a recap of what is happening and when.

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    Preparing for new HR laws: Statutory rates

    From the first week of April, you’ll need to get to grips with a new rate of sick pay, minimum wage, maternity pay and more…

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    Deadline looms for Covid carry-over leave

    Any employees with carried over leave from the Covid period will have to take their holiday by 31 March or lose it

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    Average worker to save over £900 in National Insurance

    For the second time this year, the Chancellor will cut employee national insurance by 2p to 8% from the new tax year

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    Holiday entitlement to change for irregular and part-year staff

    Holiday for irregular hours staff and part year staff is set to change significantly from April via changes to the Working Time Regulations 1998

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