Contract of Employment

What is Gender Pay Gap Reporting?

Pay inequality has been a prominent, ongoing issue in the UK economy for years. Not only through gender, but the government has recently found disparities within ethnic and disability demographics.

HR Salon: A Complete Guide for Employers

Industries like hairdressing, barbering, and beauty all rely on exclusive customer experience and satisfaction

What is a Company Car Policy?

Read our guide on company car policies. Discover what they are, the benefits of them and what to include in yours.

How to Support Working Mothers from a H&S Perspective

Menstruation, endometriosis, pregnancy, post-partum, menopause… Women face all kinds of medical conditions throughout their lifetime.

How to Support Working Mothers from a HR Perspective

Research by charity Working Families found that 75% of mothers were employed in the UK last year. However, 52% of new mothers felt unsatisfied by the lack of support upon their return to the workplace.

What is Agricultural Minimum Wage?

With the recent update to employment rights, the farming industry is set to embrace statutory changes – like to Agricultural Minimum Wage.

Small businesses responsible for 60% of tax gap

Billions of pounds of tax remain uncollected as HMRC reports the tax gap has grown to £46.8bn, equivalent to 5.3%, with small businesses the worst offenders for yet another year

109k jobs cut as first signs of NI increase strikes

Understanding the changing overseas recruitment landscape

From trade deals with India, the US, and the EU to reforms to the immigration system - wherever you look, you can’t escape the fact that the immigration landscape is changing and therefore so is recruiting from overseas.

Moving to a single minimum wage rate for adults

Since October 2024 most of the focus has been on the Government’s Employment Rights Bill, which is progressing at speed through the parliamentary process and tipped to receive Royal Assent this summer. However, the Bill was just one of many commitments the Government made as part of their Plan to Make Work Pay. One of the other big commitments was to bring in a single minimum wage rate for all workers over the age of 18 – currently, 18- to 20-year-olds have a lower minimum rate to 21-year-olds and over.

Mandatory retirement ages

Professional services firm partners often think a mandatory retirement age (MRA) in their members’ agreement is a sensible idea, until it starts to loom on their own horizon.

Tips paid through mis-directed tronc system must be included in holiday pay

In the case of Mr M Palanki v The Big Table Group, the judge ruled that money received by employees as tips must be included in holiday pay.

Employment Contract Template Scotland

A contract of employment in Scotland is a legally binding agreement between an employer and an employee.

Salon Employment Contract Template

A beauty salon employment contract is an agreement that’s legally binding between employee and an employee.

Retail Employment Contract Template

An employment contract for retail staff is an agreement that’s legally binding between employee and an employee.

Hospitality Employment Contract Template

An employment contract in the hospitslity industry is an agreement that’s legally binding between employee and an employee.

Construction Employment Contract Template

An employment contract in the construction industry is an agreement that’s legally binding between employee and an employee.

Agriculture Employment Contract Template

A farm workers contract of employment is a legally binding agreement between an employer and an employee.