1/30/2025 2:06:51 PM Auto-enrolment: Freeze on thresholds By Lauren Broderick Following its annual review, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the auto-enrolment earnings trigger will...
1/23/2025 1:10:32 PM Unison questions LATCO two tier workforces By Doug Mullen Unison has published a study looking at the use of Local Authority Trading Companies (LATCOs) which highlights a gap in terms and...
1/21/2025 6:11:57 PM Pension Regulator Penalty Notices: Lost in the post? By Lauren Broderick The recent case of West Worthing PO Ltd v Pensions Regulator is an example of the hurdles employers can face when attempting to overturn...
12/11/2024 5:01:44 PM Back to the future? The return of the two-tier code By Doug Mullen The Employment Rights Bill has hit the headlines with the substantial changes to employment law contained in it. But one measure that...
11/18/2024 4:06:43 PM Local Government Pension Scheme consultation: One size fits all? By Doug Mullen The Government published a consultation on various proposals relating to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) on 14 November 2024. ...
9/4/2024 3:52:41 PM Pensions and fire and re-hire By Doug Mullen Fire and re-hire is a hot topic at the moment, with the Government looking to ban it. Hot off the press, a recent employment tribunal...
8/14/2024 8:49:06 AM Life after #MeToo – Employers must not wait until sexual harassment happens before taking action By Katherine Sinclair Seven years after the #MeToo movement in 2017 and five years after the UK government consultation on workplace sexual harassment in 2019,...
8/12/2024 1:51:22 PM Social Housing Pension Scheme deficit falls by 55% By Doug Mullen With the welcome news that the overall Social Housing Pension Scheme deficit has fallen from £1.5 billion to £690 million, employers...
8/9/2024 10:26:56 AM Pensions Regulator penalty appeals - a change in tack? By Doug Mullen Fresh from watching Ellie Aldridge claim gold in kite-surfing, I'm wondering whether the First Tier Tribunal is also changing tack on its...
8/8/2024 3:49:48 PM EHRC guidance on protected characteristic of sex By Jackie Morris Newly updated guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was published last month concerning ‘discriminatory adverts’....
6/25/2024 3:59:50 PM On-call and standby shifts – working time or not? By Katherine Sinclair Libby Hubbard The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) can be problematic in so far as they only differentiate between working time and rest time, yet...
6/17/2024 10:38:04 AM Academies and LGPS pass-through arrangements By Doug Mullen The DfE has provided welcome clarity on what approvals are needed when an academy enters into an agreement with a contractor to share the...