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EMPLOYMENT LAW CHANGES IN APRIL 2024

From April 2024, 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 2024, the new hourly...
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Posted 4th April 2024 | by Holly Ashton |in DC News, Updates and Guides

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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Posted 12th April 2023 | by Holly Ashton |in DC News, Updates and Guides

Protection from Redundancy

The Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill: A Bill to make provision about protection from redundancy during or after pregnancy or after periods of maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave. On 3 February 2023, the...
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Posted 13th February 2023 | by Laura Kelleher |in DC News, Updates and Guides

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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Posted 6th February 2023 | by Holly Ashton |in DC News, Updates and Guides

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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Posted 30th January 2023 | by Holly Ashton |in DC News, Updates and Guides

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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Posted 14th July 2022 | by Holly Ashton |in DC News, Updates and Guides

It’s that time of year again… Employment law changes in April 2022

Another year; another raft of changes to employment law. Thankfully, given the challenges that last couple of years has presented, the changes could be considered to be relatively uncontroversial. We have set out some of the key changes below...
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Posted 13th April 2022 | by Darren Tibble |in DC News, Updates and Guides

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (‘CJRS’)

Video 3 – Annual Leave In this episode, we’ll be looking at the very difficult topic of how annual leave interacts with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (or furlough scheme for short) and answering some of the frequently asked...
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Employers’ Guide to employees’ rights in respect of absences and your duty of care to them during the period of the Coronavirus pandemic

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Coronavirus (COVID-19) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and on 28th February 2020 it raised its global assessment from high to very high. The Coronavirus is having an...
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Posted 7th April 2020 | by Laura Kelleher |in DC News, Newsletters & Videos, Updates and Guides

Coronavirus – Employee FAQs

The following guidance for employees is being reviewed and updated daily and does not constitute legal advice. The government guidance is constantly evolving as the Coronavirus pandemic develops. As such, you are advised to keep up to date with...
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Posted 6th April 2020 | by Lucy |in DC News, Newsletters & Videos, Updates and Guides

Government support announced for self-employed

“You have not been forgotten.  You have not been left behind. We all stand together.” These were the words spoken by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, this evening as he announced unprecedented support for self-employed workers  to cope with...
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Posted 26th March 2020 | by Lucy |in DC News, Newsletters & Videos, Updates and Guides

Government announces “unprecedented” measure to protect wages

Please note this is very much headline news and we will be updating this article as soon as we receive further detail on the Government’s announcements. This evening the Chancellor has announced “unprecedented” and comprehensive support...
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