New detailed guidance has been released around how flexible furloughing will work On 29 May the UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, outlined further details on the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). He confirmed…
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When an employee or worker takes holiday, they should get the same pay when they’re on holiday as when they’re at work – whatever their working pattern. Some employers might offer better holiday pay schemes….
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 You must only make a report under RIDDOR (The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) when: an unintended incident at work has…
In Quentin Lett’s estimable tome, 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain (2009), there was one surprising entry for a writer of such conservative leanings: Margaret Thatcher. The rationale for inclusion was her government’s aggressive attitudes…
Addleshaw Goddard LLP – Amanda Steadman Holiday pay: Court of Appeal rules that voluntary overtime payments should be reflected in holiday pay The Court of Appeal has upheld an EAT decision that the Working Time…
Article by Herbert Smith Freehills LLP The ECJ has followed the Opinion of EU Advocate General Pitruzzella in ruling that, under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the EU Working Time Directive, member states…
The Workers of England Union, with directions from our legal team at Tilbrooks Solicitors, engaged the services of Changez Khan, a Barrister from Farrars Chambers, who succeeded in the Court of Appeal in Morris v Metrolink…
The question of when an on call worker is considered to be working has vexed courts and tribunals for years. In the latest instalment, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently held that time…
Myth: Employers can make deductions from the wages of staff who make mistakes which cost them money Irwin Mitchell LLP 22 March 2018 The right to be paid wages in full is a basic employment…
Many people believe that the British Trades Union Congress speaks for all Trade Unions in the UK , and they would be wrong. There are 158 Trade Unions, and 92 Employers’ Associations in UK (31.03.17)….