Should young workers be paid the National Living Wage?
Should young workers be paid the National Living Wage? Is it discrimination to pay an employee less because of their age? The Young Women’s [...]
December 2017
August 2017
Will the Gender Pay Gap last a generation?
Will the Gender Pay Gap last a generation? In her Tory party conference speech last year, Theresa May stressed the importance of closing the [...]
December 2016
Employment Law 2016: Review of the Year
Employment Law 2016: Review of the Year Brand new pay rates, slavery statements and arguments over employment status have kept employers and HR departments [...]
November 2016
The Mechanics of Fixed Term Contracts
The Mechanics of Fixed Term Contracts You’ve got a gap to fill because one of your employees is going to be absent for a [...]
October 2016
Deductions from Wages and Effect on National Minimum Wage
Deductions from Wages and Effect on National Minimum Wage When calculating payroll for your employees, you’ll start with their gross pay and then make [...]
September 2016
Self Employment: The Deliveroo Problem
Engaging workers on a self-employed/self employment basis has historically been a plausible way of avoiding employment law obligations. Self-employed people have very few rights; national minimum wage, for example, does [...]
May 2016
How should I calculate holiday pay?
Commission and overtime payments should, according to recent tribunal cases, be included in holiday pay. The legal application of these cases can be complicated but our analysis here will [...]
April 2016
National Living Wage & Minimum Wage News
The National Living Wage (NLW) became a legal requirement on 1st April 2016. It applies to all of your workers who are aged 25 and over who must now be paid [...]
National Living Wage Comes into Force
The National Living Wage has come into effect in the UK which means that from 1st April 2016 all workers aged 25 and over will be entitled to earn [...]
February 2016
Exclusivity clauses banned
Exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts are now banned. From January 2016, workers have the right to make an employment tribunal claim when an employer punishes them for breaching an [...]