Brexit Update for Employers of EU Citizens in the UK
The Home Office have been working on a scheme which allows EU citizens who are living in the UK by 31 December 2020 to obtain their new UK immigration status. This status will be needed in order to remain here permanently. The scheme will be fully open by 30 March 2019 and EU citizens and […]
Minimising Risk – Disciplinary Investigations
HR Solutions Webinar: Minimising Risk – Disciplinary Investigations To ensure the process is deemed legally ‘fair’, a disciplinary procedure must begin with an appropriate investigation. Investigations at work are often considered to be the ‘easy bit’ as there is no formal outcome, only a report which recommends whether the matter should go to a disciplinary hearing. […]
Childcare Vouchers Scheme Closure – Employment News Update
From the 4th October 2018, Childcare Vouchers schemes are closed to new entrants. The impact on employees who are already scheme members is that existing members can continue with this salary sacrifice benefit, but cannot leave the scheme and re-enrol, and cannot enrol on a new scheme with a different company. Any employees who ask […]
Employment Newsflash – Substantial Rise in Tribunal Claims
It has now been a full year since tribunal fees were abolished by the Supreme Court after it was found that they were a barrier to justice and were in fact, indirectly discriminatory towards women. Refund application scheme When the tribunal claim fees were abolished, a refund application scheme was launched. So far 14,500 applications […]
Sleep-ins and the national minimum wage: significant ruling by the Court of Appeal
On 16th July 2018, in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake, the England and Wales Court of Appeal made the distinction between being ‘available to work’, (as per section 15 (1)/32 of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Regulations), and ‘actually working’ (as per section 15 (1A)/32). It ruled that NMW was only payable in respect of the latter. Sleep-in shifts […]
How to minimise risk: disciplinary investigations
To ensure the process is deemed legally ‘fair’, a disciplinary procedure must begin with an appropriate investigation. Disciplinary investigation reports Investigations at work are often considered to be the ‘easy bit’ as there is no formal outcome, only a report which recommends whether the matter should go to a disciplinary hearing. However, did you know […]
Minimising risk of discrimination in recruitment
People involved in the recruitment process should possess a working knowledge of the legal basics. There are also several common areas where employers can often inadvertently, fall foul during recruitment which are discussed below. The legal basics of unlawful discrimination The Equality Act 2010 is the legislation that sets out which characteristics a person may […]
Recruitment and modern data protection
GDPR and discrimination In this HR article, we provide some guidance to help make recruitment practices safer and to improve legal compliance. Questions around how employment law affects recruitment and selection, are common. There are a few key areas to be mindful of. The main ones are contract law, employment law, data protection and discrimination. The […]
Minimising Risk – Safer Recruitment
HR Solutions Webinar: Minimising Risk – Safer Recruitment Questions around how employment law affects recruitment and selection, are common. The key areas to be mindful of in relation to safer recruitment, are discrimination and data protection. Legislation relating to equality should inform all safe recruitment practices. The GDPR puts a fresh angle and tighter controls in legislation relating […]
HR Solutions continued success welcomes new staff members
Over the past year HR Solutions has seen continued success, most recently by welcoming aboard a new HR administrator, and two new HR advisors. Two of the new staff members, pictured above, Layla Incles, HR Advisor and Justyna Worthington, HR Administrator were welcomed to the team in August and May respectively. Earlier in 2018, Bhavika […]
HR e-learning system launched to help businesses comply with employment legislation
To complement our outsourced HR support to businesses, HR Solutions are delighted to announce the launch of the new e-Learning and Policy Compliance system. E-Learning and Compliance The online training portal enables organisations to train staff, stay up to date with employment legislation and document compliance. We developed the e-learning service after feedback from several clients on how best […]
Minimising Risk – Absence Management
A HR Solutions Webinar: Minimising Risk – Absence Management Balancing both compliance with employment law, and effective absence management at work can be a minefield for managers. The range of HR hurdles which staff absence can cause is broad, to say the least; from awareness of AWOL (absence without leave) employee rights to tackling persistent short-term absence, […]
Caste discrimination and harassment
On 23rd July the response to consultation regarding caste and equality law was published. In summary, the consultation findings of ‘Caste in Great Britain and equality law: a public consultation’ are that, in relation to discrimination, caste will not be specifically legislated as an aspect of race. What is caste? According to Acas, caste usually […]
How to minimise risk: safer recruitment
Questions around how employment law affects recruitment and selection, are common. Safer recruitment checklists The key areas to be mindful of in relation to safer recruitment, are discrimination and data protection. Legislation relating to equality should inform all safe recruitment practices. The GDPR puts a fresh angle and tighter controls in legislation relating to confidentiality […]
Artificial intelligence and technology should create jobs
A recent report, ‘UK Economic Outlook July 2018’ by PWC predicts that artificial intelligent (AI) and related technologies will create as many additional jobs as are displaced because of it. UK Economic Outlook A quick summary of the economic report estimates that jobs in the UK, over the next 20 years that would be displaced by […]
GDPR Quick Facts
WHAT IS GDPR? The General Data Protection Regulation is new law from the EU government. It came into practice in 2016, but it will be enforceable from 25th May 2018. A few parts of how it is implemented can be decided by member states under a ‘directive’. For this, the UK have the Data Protection Bill, which is going through parliament. Who […]
Don’t let age be a boundary in your workforce
As employers, we should be used to having no fixed retirement age. In most part, we have all broadened our minds to the fact that people are living longer and either wanting to or needing to work for longer. However, there are still situations where struggling small to medium enterprises are contemplating cost-cutting measures. Some […]
Human Resources and it’s role in demonstrating compliance in modern business
HR Solutions Webinar: Human Resources and its role in demonstrating compliance in modern business In this webinar recording, we will look at some of the key pieces of legislation that affect the modern business and it’s duty to ensure compliance. Modern day businesses large or small will be affected by this legislation, as well as best practice initiatives. […]
Recruiting for judges as employment claims double
Since the Supreme Court ruled that tribunal fees were unlawful in Summer 2017, the subsequent abolishment resulted in a steep hike of employment claims. In fact, claims are at a record high since 2013. Steep hike in employment claims In the first quarter following the abolition the number of employment claim cases doubled, and in […]
Pimlico Plumbers: worker wins supreme court judgement
Gig economy and employment status On the judgment date of 13th June 2018, Gary Smith was victorious, as his battle to be identified as a worker was further supported in a ruling at the Supreme Court. This employment status case is well renowned. It emphasised the fact that labelling a worker as ‘self-employed’ does not mean […]
