Forthcoming changes

This table shows forthcoming changes.  1 April 2020 Increase to national living/minimum wage rates 5 April 2020 Increase to statutory maternity pay, paternity pay, adoption pay and shared parental pay 6 April 2020 Increase to…

Rolled Up Holiday Pay

When employers (or agencies) refer to ‘rolled up’ holiday pay, they normally mean paying an additional sum of money on top of a worker’s hourly rate when they are working, to cover the equivalent of their annual holiday pay. The…

Statutory Rates

Statutory Rates National minimum wage Age From 1 October 2016 From 1 April 2017 From 1 April 2018 From 1 April 2019 From 1 April 2020 Workers aged 25 and over (National Living Wage) £7.20 an hour £7.50 an hour £7.83 an hour £8.21…

National Sickness Day

‘National Sickness Day’ on 4th February is a  reminder to employers on how best to tackle employee absence. Absence in the workplace can be expensive for  organisation; according to government research, illness costs the UK…

April 2019 Employment Law changes

April 2019 Employment Law changes Organisations will need to abide by the latest set of national minimum wage rates for all pay periods beginning on, or after, 1 April. These new rates are as follows: AgeFrom 1 April 2018From…

HR GDPR

HR GDPR We have updated our contracts of employment and template Employee Handbook to reflect the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation. Please let us know if need to update your documen…

November Budget

Philip Hammond delivered the first November Budget for 21 years on the 22 November 2017. Although expected to be a duller affair than normal, there were a number of employment initiatives outlined that organisations need to be aware of. The…

Immigration and Brexit: legal guide to managing a migrant workforce

Mindfulness in the workplace – taking a grassroots approach

One of the workplace wellbeing success stories of recent years has been the rise to prominence of mindfulness. A form of meditation that has moved well beyond its Buddhist origins, mindfulness is widely practised all over the world. Much…

Statutory rates

Statutory maternity pay (SMP): First six weeks – 90 per cent of employee’s average weekly earnings. From 3 April 2016: Remaining weeks - £139.58 or 90 per cent of employee’s weekly earnings if this is lower From 2 April 2017: Remaining…