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March 2024
REFERENCES - A WASTE OF TIME? - OR A VITAL SOURCE?

HOLIDAYS NOT TAKEN

SICKNESS LEVELS INCREASING

SELF INFLICTED ABSENCE

January 2024
BREAKS

WHAT IS A BREAK IN SERVICE?

NEW LAW ON TIPPING

TIME IS MONEY

RINGING EMPOLYEES WHEN THEY ARE ON A MATERNITY LEAVE

AN EMPLOYER WAS NOT PAYING THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE-STAFF UNIFORM

STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY

November 2023
SUPREME COURT'S HOLIDAY PAY RULING

MANAGING ABSENTEEISM - ACAS GUIDELINES

HOW LONG IS LONG TERM SICKNESS?

WAS I SELF-EMPLOYED?

REDUNDANCY WAS UNFAIR

September 2022
MILEAGE RATES

RECOVERING SMP

BACK TO WORK ACTION PLANS

RECOVERING TRAINING COSTS /NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

RISK MANAGEMENT

SELF EMPLOYMENT REMINDER

AUTOMATIC UNFAIR DISMISSAL

July 2022
PREGNANT EMPLOYEES - COVID 19 - UPDATED NHS ADVICE

EMPLOYING SCHOOL AGE WORKERS

AN EXPENSIVE WORK OUTING

CALLING A MAN ‘BALD’ IS SEX-RELATED HARASSMENT

APPOINTMENTS

April 2022
SLEEP-IN SHIFTS, AND NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE-EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL

ANNUAL INCREASE TO AWARDS APRIL 2022

NMW AND DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY

COVID UNFAIR DISMISSAL

EMPLOYING WORKERS FROM OVERSEAS

ABSENCE OF APPEAL /REDUNDANCY

“WE DON’T PAY HOLIDAY OR SICK PAY”

January 2022
AN UNUSUAL CASE

CLAIMS FOR BACKDATED HOLIDAY PAY

NAMED AND SHAMED DECEMBER 2021

SSP SOME STATISTICS

THE INCREASES TO STATUTORY PAY RATES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED

REQUEST FOR FLEXIBLE HOURS WORKING

November 2021
CHRISTMAS ALREADY?

MINIMUM WAGE

NMW AND UNIFORMS

EARLY COVID CASE UNFAIR DISMISSAL

SELF EMPLOYED?

PROTECTION OF IMAGES TAKEN IN THE BUSINESS

August 2021
DISCRIMINATION IN THE HAIRDRESSERS

FACEBOOK COMMENTS—GETTING IT RIGHT

PRISONERS ON FURLOUGH

EMPLOYEE IMPRISONED

UBER TAXI DRIVERS ARE WORKERS! An Update

January 2021
IVF reminder

NMW and salary sacrifice

Employment tribunal - Age discrimination

Employers named and shamed

December 2020
National minimum wage - April 2021

PPE for the self employed

Irregular hours

Early conciliation changes

New statutory rates - April 2021

August 2020
Coronavirus

Furlough and Redundancy

National Publicity - Self Employed Hairdresser

Investigative (Fact Finding) Interview

Hygiene Issues

No Union Representative

Always Listen to the Story

April 2020
Minimum Wage

April 2020 Increases to Injury to Feelings Awards

Email isn't the same as Staff Communication

Self Employed Check

Overpayments

Don't decide on the outcome of a Disciplinary Hearing in Advance

April 2019
Rounding Up Holidays

Car Mileage Allowances

Religious Festivals Information - Ramadan

Problems at the Nursery and How NOT to Dismiss Someone

Self Employed Taxi Driver Loses Claim to be Employed

January 2019
New rates for Statutory Sick Pay

Fixed Term Contracts

Pregnant and Dismissed

Yet another Maternity Case

TUPE Transfers

July 2018
LATEST BATCH OF NAMED AND SHAMED EMPLOYERS

AGENCY STAFF AND SSP

PENSION COSTS

THE ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSH

THIS ALL SOUNDS FINE SO FAR

SEX DISCIMINATION AND IVF

February 2018
A BREAL IS A BREAK

PREMATURE BIRTHS

BENEFITS INCREASE

PART TIMERS

DISCOVERING AN EMPLOYEE MAY BE LEAVING

EMPLOYEES DO LOSE CASES AT TRIBUNAL

EMPLOYEE LOSES STRESS CASE CLAIM

September 2017
END OF TRIBUNAL FEES

NAMED AND SHAMED

DATA PROTECTION

ANOTHER SELF EMPLOYMENT CASE

NOTICE-THE EFFECTIVE DATE

AN INAPPROPRIATE DEMOTION

AN INAPPROPRIATE DEMOTION

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN

April 2017
PAY RISE TO FOLLOW

IS THERE A SUITABLE VACANCY?

COMMISSION AND HOLIDAY PAY

SICKNESS REVIEW

RIGHT-TO-WORK CHECKS

RETURNING FROM MATERNITY LEAVE-FAMILIAR ISSUES

ABUSE OF THE NMW

SELF EMPLOYMENT-LOOK BENEATH THE SERVICE

January 2017
Maternity and Sick Pay

New rates for Minimum Wage

Tip still an issue

Therapist wins £18000 at Tribunal

Apprentices and Minimum Wage

Another Care Home Case

August 2016
Pregnant Employees

Calculating Holiday Pay

Sunday Working

Poaching Clients- Data Protection

Working Longer

Right to Work in the UK

Help for the Summer?

Self Employment a Hot Topic

Need a Graphic Designer?

April 2016
Living Wage April 2016

Minimum Wage October 2016

Other Changes

Tax Free Termination Payments

Carry Over of Annual Leave

The Trade Union Rep

References Duty of Care

Employee Arrested by Police

Emploed or Self-Employed

Crystal Ball




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