Employment and HR Articles

The Calculation of Holiday PaySeptember 29, 2019

Voluntary Overtime and the Calculation of Holiday Pay Following on from the 2014 decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in Bear Scotland Limited and Others...

Executive Pay Ratio ReportingMay 17, 2019

The Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018, made under the Companies Act 2006, came into force on 1 January 2019. The Regulations introduce new corporate governance...

Preventing Illegal WorkingMay 16, 2019

The Immigration Act 2016 contains a wide range of measures, including new rules intended to was introduced to crack down on businesses that employ those...

Part-Time Workers and DiscriminationJanuary 30, 2019

The Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 established a minimum standard of fairness for part-timers so that they cannot be treated less...

Settlement AgreementsJanuary 30, 2019

Following changes made by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, compromise agreements were renamed ‘settlement agreements’ and new provisions (Section 111A) were inserted into...

Acas Guidance on Employment ReferencesJanuary 30, 2019

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has guidance for job applicants and employers of the legal requirements appertaining to employment references. Where a reference is...

Corporate Manslaughter and Gross Negligence ManslaughterJanuary 30, 2019

The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 established a new statutory offence of corporate manslaughter (corporate culpable homicide in Scotland). An organisation is guilty of...

Risk Assessments for Breastfeeding MothersOctober 16, 2018

EU Directive 92/85/EEC is aimed at protecting the health and safety of women in the workplace who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are...

Acas Issues Guidance on Employment ReferencesOctober 16, 2018

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) has issued guidance informing job applicants and employers of the legal requirements appertaining to employment references. Where a reference...

Vicarious LiabilityOctober 16, 2018

The Supreme Court has ruled in two cases that dealt with the vicarious liability of employers for incidents that took place at work. Employee's Extreme Acts In...

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