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To paraphrase the Kipling poem very badly, if you can keep your head and apply the April statutory increases when all around you there is...

The case of Kirstie Higgs and her previous employer, Farmor's School, has finally been decided by the Court of Appeal. Her dismissal was...

On 19 December 2024, the Low Pay Commission (LPC) released its report on National Minimum Wage (NMW) compliance and enforcement, shedding...

For our annual employment and pensions round-up of the year, we have asked some of our team members to bring their gifts of insight,...

In recent years, employment status in the UK has been a critical topic, particularly for care providers who may engage carers as...

It is well known that the social care sector is reliant on migrant workers - without them, the sector may collapse. Despite this, the...

Seven years after the #MeToo movement in 2017 and five years after the UK government consultation on workplace sexual harassment in 2019,...

Newly updated guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was published last month concerning ‘discriminatory adverts’....

The results are in, and the surprise factor is akin to UK’s “nil pointe” on Eurovision night! Number 10 has a new inhabitant.  Whatever...

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) regulations require employers to pay the NMW for all hours worked. This includes certain types of travel...

Further to our blog following the announcement of an election, we now have some more direction from the Labour Party should they win...

We ended 2023 on a holiday note (see our round-up of 2023) and we are starting 2024 on the same topic.  Before the accusations fly that...