What is Flexible Working

What is Flexible Working? In our article today, we take a look at what Flexible Working is, the variations of it, how to manage the process, accept applications, reject (and reasons for doing so), and the appeal process. We also cover the important plans for reforms to flexible working.   What is the current legislation […]

Managing Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing

Managing Workplace Mental Health and Wellbeing   What are your responsibilities? All Employers have a ‘duty of care’ towards their Employees. This means doing all you reasonably can to support your Employees ‘ health, safety, and wellbeing. This would include: Ensuring your Employees can work safely and healthily Protecting them from discrimination, for example making […]

How to support your Employees during Ramadan

How to support your Employees during Ramadan The Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts on 22 March 2023 ending on 20 April 2023, here are some areas you may want to consider in your workplace for comfort and religious observance. All religious celebrations are an essential part of so many individuals’ lives, there is no […]

Managing annual leave in your workplace

Managing annual leave in your workplace Managing annual leave should be an easy task but can be problematic at work, there are varying reasons for this, such as poor planning, a lack of understanding of entitlement, peaks in trading leading to a requirement for cover, dips in morale, team absence as a result and rising […]

NEW 2023 Statutory Payment Increases

Statutory Payments are increasing, as an Employer, do I legally need to pay the minimum? Each year statutory payments increase, and as an Employer, you are legally obliged to meet these minimum requirements, a failure to do so could lead to a claim in a tribunal, we cover each of these below:   National Living […]

What is the difference between a Director and a Shareholder?

What is the difference between a Director and a Shareholder? It may surprise you (or not) that there really is a difference between being a Director and a Shareholder, in our article today we are going to take a look at what just some of those are. We review Director and Shareholder agreements daily, some […]

Managing Annualised Hours Contracts at work 

Managing Annualised Hours Contracts at work Annualised hours are a specific kind of contract that calculates pay based on a whole year of work, as opposed to a week or month. These contracts set expectations that an Employee will work a specific number of hours a year, but those hours will not be the same […]

New for Employment Law in 2023

New for Employment Law in 2023 It may be that the government has abandoned the long-anticipated Employment Bill, nevertheless, 2023 certainly looks like it is going to be a busy one with new changes in Employment Law in 2023. In our first Employment Law article of this year, we take a look at what HR […]