IR35: private sector and Brexit
IR35 introduced to stop abuse The IR35 rules first came into force with the Finance Act 2000 with the aim of preventing contractors from avoiding paying their dues by drawing a tax-free salary from a company structure which they had created for that precise purpose. According to HMRC, someone earning £100,000 over the period of a […]
HR Solutions sponsor the Northamptonshire Chamber Small Business of the Year Award
We are proud to be sponsoring an award at the inaugural Northamptonshire Business Awards, which are organised by the Northamptonshire Chamber of Commerce. HR Solutions is sponsoring the Small Business of the Year category of the awards, which have been created to celebrate businesses demonstrating business excellence in a range of areas, from customer care […]
Employee, Self Employed or Worker – What’s the Difference?
Employment status within the gig economy has been a hot topic over the past few years. As most of our readers will be aware, at one end of the spectrum we have employees (with full employment rights); at the other, we have the genuinely self-employed (with no employment rights), and in the middle we have […]
Criminal Finances Act 2017 and Finance (No.2) Act 2017
HR Solutions Webinar: Criminal Finances Act 2017 and Finance (No.2) Act 2017 In this webinar recording, we are helping with critical changes in financial issues, which affect familiar HR areas including: conduct, policy and procedure, notice payments and settlement agreements. What we will cover: Steps to protect your organisation from the new criminal offence of […]
Criminal Finances Act 2017 and Finance (No.2) Act 2017
What do you need to know about Criminal Finances Act from a HR perspective? It often falls to HR to keep the business on the straight and narrow in other areas of legal compliance. This month, we are helping with critical changes in financial issues, which affect familiar HR areas including: conduct, policy and procedure, notice […]
GDPR Compliance – Stage 5 Breach Notification
HR Solutions Webinar: GDPR Compliance | Stage 5 Breach Notification HR Solutions have devised a straight forwards, five-step programme for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We presented and recorded a webinar for each step, each month, finishing in May 2018 when the Regulation is mandatory. We hope that our previous webinars have helped you to […]
The Future of Subject Access Requests Under the GDPR
HR Solutions Webinar: The Future of Subject Access Requests Under the GDPR A common way HR get involved with data handling is when an employee asks to see their personnel file, and in doing so makes a ‘subject access request’. There are several significant changes coming which shall affect how requests must be handled in order […]
Football Managers: How Would They Be Punished in the Office?
As HR Knowledge Manager at HR Solutions, I had the interesting task of helping Viking, suppliers of office equipment, with their recently selected real-life offences from football management. They asked me to compare what might have happened if the offences committed had taken place in an office environment. The pressure cooker of football management can sometimes get […]
Lawful monitoring under GDPR – Vehicle trackers
How does an employer balance the right to privacy of their drivers against the legitimate rights of their business, when using vehicle trackers? What principles do employers need to comply with in order to ensure compliance under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Vehicle tracking technology enables employers to ensure that their employees maximise engine […]
HR Solutions achieves ISO 27001 for information security
HR Solutions achieved ISO 27001 certification for our information security management system (ISMS), at our first attempt on 29th March 2018. What is an ISMS? An ISMS is a systematic approach to managing sensitive company information about people, processes and IT systems so that it remains secure. This is done by applying a risk […]
GDPR Compliance – Stage 4 Record Keeping
HR Solutions Webinar: GDPR Compliance | Stage 4 Record Keeping HR Solutions have devised a straight forwards, five-step programme for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are running a webinar for each step, each month, finishing in May 2018 when the Regulation is mandatory. Our GDPR webinars are a useful sense check and a great […]
Subject access requests and how to comply
HR often gets involved with data handling when an employee asks to see their personnel file, and in doing so makes a ‘subject access request’. It is often the case that these requests come paired with a grievance or a resignation. As it may be the more disgruntled individuals who make these requests, it […]
Payment Increases for April 2018
The new tax year brings the annual payment increases in many pay bandings; some from the beginning of the month and some follow shortly afterward. See our tables below for what’s changed and when. Minimum wage National Minimum Wage 1 April 2018 1 April 2017 Aged 25 and above (national living wage rate) £7.83 £7.50 Aged […]
Wagamama and TGI Fridays – Fined over National Minimum Wage
It was indeed a good Friday if you were one of the employees sharing in the £1.3m fine issued by the government. This was the cumulative amount 179 employers have been instructed to pay in respect of breaching the minimum wage. Many had adhered to the bandings but fell foul over illegal deductions for things […]
Soaring 90% increase in tribunal claims
Compared to the 3 months from October to December in 2016, the number of employment claims received in tribunals shot up by 90% in the three months to December 2017. This follows the even bigger 120% increase in tribunal claims during the three months prior. Of the types of claims received, equal pay claims made […]
How to manage holidays and what to do with outstanding leave
Just like with breaks, an employer is not actually obliged to ensure each of their employees or workers are remembering to take their holidays. Indeed, sometimes we must try and ensure they are not taking too much! Managing holiday An employer only needs to enable staff to take holiday e.g. making sure there is […]
GDPR – Document Retention
The GDPR sets up additional requirements around retention of personal data. We are being regularly asked by clients about the data retention periods for personal data, specifically around the personal data collected and processed during employment. Therefore, we have created an easy to use guide to help quickly reference the different retention periods. Document Retention […]
GDPR Compliance – Stage 3 DPIA & Privacy by Design
HR Solutions Webinar: GDPR Compliance | Stage 3 DPIA & Privacy by Design HR Solutions have devised a straight forwards, five-step programme for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are running a webinar for each step, each month, finishing in May 2018 when the Regulation is mandatory. Our GDPR webinars are a useful sense check […]
What advice would you give to small business owners regarding maternity leave?
Recently published statistics from the Equality and Human Rights Commission revealed that many businesses’ attitudes towards maternity leave, “are decades behind the law”. The Equality and Human Rights Commision surveyed 1,106 senior business decision makers and found that around a third (36%) of private sector employers agree that it is reasonable to ask women about […]
GDPR Toolkit – Get a Plan of Action for Compliance
Get a workbook or ‘GDPR Toolkit’ to help you with compliance. Due to popular demand, we now have London and Kettering dates for our GDPR interactive workshops. Getting Ready for GDPR – A HR Perspective By the end of the full day interactive workshop, you will understand the personal data that you hold in more […]
