How to manage probationary periods with your Employees

How to manage probationary periods with your Employees It can be an area easily overlooked, and by that we mean, time can fly by when your new Employee starts with you, they can perform well initially then things can start to go awry, we find that many Employers find following a probationary period an Employee […]

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 […]

The Gilt Pension Crisis: A Brief Summary

You may have heard news lately that pension funds have been put at risk by the government’s ‘mini-budget’ a few weeks ago. Whilst there has been some fear about the stability of pension funds and it is really a matter for Independent Financial Advisors (IFA), Wealth Management Advisors/Companies and of course pension providers, we understand […]

State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II & Bank Holiday

Many employers are asking whether their employees are entitled to take time off for the additional national Bank Holiday for the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II which has been announced by the Government for Monday 19 September 2022. More information can be found via the below link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bank-holiday-announced-for-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-iis-state-funeral-on-monday-19-september This bank holiday will mean that […]

LGBT+ 101 – The Basics

This Pride month, we’d like to take the opportunity to help educate and inform employers who might find themselves confused by LGBT language. What’s the difference between transgender and transexual? What’s pansexual? And why are there so many terms for different gender identities these days? We want to walk you through some of that language […]

The 4 Important Duties of the Employee

Previously, we discussed the duties of the employer but did not have the space to discuss the other side of the coin- the duties of the employee. Similarly to the duties of the employer, most of these duties are implied, unless the duty is stated directly in the contract of employment. There are many duties […]

What are Dismissals and Redundancies?

If you run a business, then you are likely to end up in the unfortunate position where you need to let go of a staff member, or even multiple members of staff. Whether they need to go because of an issue with their behaviour or abilities or because you need to unfortunately reduce the size […]

The Duties of the Employer Everyone Should Know

The implied duties of the employer are terms in contracts of employment which are not specifically stated but which still form an important part of the contract. While many of the duties we describe are often implied, they can be clearly set out in a contract to avoid any future troubles or miscommunications, however it […]

Why have Employees quit in 2021

Why have Employee’s quit in 2021 This may be our last news article of the year, but it most certainly will not be one that we will hear the last of in 2022, we are taking a look back at why Employee’s have quit their jobs in 2021 and will continue to do so. This […]

Reforms to Flexible Working on the Horizon

What are your thoughts on reforms to Flexible Working? I’m interested to hear your opinions… You may have read recently in the press, the recent consultation which contains proposals to reform flexible working regulations (The Flexible Working Regulations 2014). The publication also covers the wider work being undertaken by the government to encourage and support […]