Employment Law

Check employment status for tax

The Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool can be used to help ascertain if a worker should be

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Paying staff on jury service

If you have staff that have been called up to serve on a jury, then you must allow them the necessary

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SMP, SAP, SPP, ShPP, SPBP and SSP to rise from April 2022

According to proposals set out in a government policy paper, the revised rates for statutory maternity

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Mandatory vaccination for frontline health and social care worker

The government has published its response to its consultation on making COVID-19 vaccination a condition

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Improvements to the apprenticeship system

As part of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, the government has confirmed that it will continue

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Government confirms plans for all tips to go to workers

The government has published its response to its 2016 consultation on tipping, gratuities, cover and

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Gender pay gap reporting to commence from 5 October

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) confirmed in February 2021 that enforcement action

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COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for care homes staff

The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021

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Continuous employment defined

When a new employee is added to the payroll it is the employers’ responsibility to ensure they meet the

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Reforming statutory sick pay

Following its summer 2019 consultation entitled “Health is everyone’s business: proposals for

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National Minimum Wage reminder for summer staff

We would like to remind any students and seasonal staff that work part time, for example in a summer job,

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Updated working safely guidance to apply from 19 July 2021

With England having moved to step 4 of the roadmap out of lockdown from 19 July 2021, the government has

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