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Author page: Holly Ashton

EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES IN APRIL 2023

From April 2023, the rates that are set by the Government each year, are set to increase.  Below is a summary of the key changes to be aware of:  Increases to the UK National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage From April 2023, the new hourly...
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Draft Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-Engagement

On Tuesday 24 January, BEI published a draft Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement or, as most recently referred to, the practice of ‘fire and re-hire’. The practice came to the forefront of employment law during lockdown when a number...
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Government Consultation on Calculating Holiday Entitlement

The Government has launched a consultation on calculating holiday entitlement for part-year and irregular hours workers. In July 2022 the Supreme Court held in Harpur Trust v Brazel that the amount of leave to which a part-year worker under a...
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Important Changes to the Fit Note

 From 1 July 2022, the law on fit notes was updated.  Fit notes can now be issued by nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and physiotherapists in addition to doctors (so long as they are discussing your fitness to work with you).  The...
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April 2022 Newsletter

Welcome With Spring having (apparently) sprung, welcome to this month’s Update. My mention of the time of year is (you’ll be unsurprised to hear) a clumsy segue into some news from France about spring cleaning, housework and whether shirking...
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HR Breakfast Meeting 27th April 2022

We are excited to announce our next HR Breakfast Meeting being held at The Potters Heron Hotel on Wednesday 27th April 2022. If you haven’t attended previously, it’s a great opportunity to network with like-minded individuals, share stories and...
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March 2022 Newsletter

I appreciate there are now greater concerns world-wide, but you’ve probably had as much as you can take in terms of existential misery, none more so than the poor and brave Ukrainians. So, we’ll concentrate on employment law and pretend for just...
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January 2022 Newsletter

Welcome to our first Update of 2022. Happy New Year and this year ‘things can only get better’ (as Brian Cox once sang in his band D-Ream before he became Professor Brian Cox and all-round smiley universe expert). We say goodbye to another year...
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January 2021 Newsletter

Well, it’s been a while. We postponed our newsletter while we were sending out COVID updates but now, with a new year, a new dawn and sunlit uplands (hopefully) hoving into view, we feel it is perhaps time to start getting back to normal – the...
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Don’t fall foul of furlough

Thousands of firms across the country could face legal action for breach of contract if they don’t apply furlough rules correctly in a bid to survive the Covid-19 crisis. That is our stark warning as we begin free introductory guidance sessions...
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February Newsletter

Welcome Chat about football or cricket in the workplace should be curtailed, says Chartered Management Institute head Ann Francke. This, she says, is because sports banter can exclude women and lead to laddish behaviour. “They don’t...
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January Newsletter

Welcome Happy New Year to one and all. We trust you came through the festive break unscathed. If not, I hope your Christmas party wasn’t as eventful as the one in the And Finally section below. If you were sent the following Government job advert...
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