Now that the summer is a distant memory and we’re all firmly ‘back to school’, it is normally to be expected that Parliament gets back to passing legislation including employment law.  However, we all know that the words ‘normal’ and ‘Parliament’ are not going to sit well together at the moment.  While we watch with…
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It’s the end of August, and soon the ‘back to school’ season for all, including Parliament (insert your own political joke here…). However, before the summer slowdown the Government did get busy publishing consultations on supporting the family in the workplace and non-traditional employees. In this newsletter we will update you on these and the Government’s…
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It’s July, and whether you’re holidaying abroad or enjoying a staycation in the UK, you will be glad (or maybe not!) of the record breaking temperatures across Europe.  Not to be outdone, the Government is also busy turning up the heat and we bring news of no less than three consultation exercises on new legislation: on…
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It’s June, supposedly the first month of summer and warm, long, sunny days.  However, if like us you don’t remember any of these lately, then keep in mind that June is National Smile Month and cheer yourselves up by reading our latest update on HR/Employment law news!  Although smiles may fade when we mention Brexit, at…
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It’s May, and hopefully the bank holidays have provided an opportunity for rest and recuperation – very appropriate in the month of Mental Health Awareness week.  It’s also been the month of new beginnings with the birth of royal baby Archie (but a seemingly painful end to Danny Baker’s time at the BBC). It also…
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It’s April and we hope you had an egg-cellent Easter break and were not too shell-shocked to be back to work.  It’s difficult to ovoid (sorry) egg puns once you get going. To help you get cracking (sorry again) we’ve hunted out the most up-to-date HR/Employment Law news for you.  We feed back on the…
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It’s March and in keeping with the spirit of Spring, we’re leaping forward into April to see what changes are in store for employers.  We also update you on the Government’s consultation on confidentiality clauses (or ‘NDA’s) and new guidance on holiday pay for staff with no fixed hours or rates of pay. In our…
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It’s February and although the New Year continues much as the last, with Brexit continuing to dominate the news, the Government is moving forward on other issues too. We update you on the Government’s consultation on extending redundancy protection for pregnant employees and new parents, guidance on age discrimination and gender pay gap reporting, and…
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Happy New Year and welcome to our first Newsletter of 2019.  We hope you are all looking forward to the year ahead and, if one of your New Year resolutions is to keep up to date with HR/employment law news, we can help you with that!   This month we have updates on the key dates…
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It’s December and very nearly the Christmas holidays! Hopefully you’re on a Christmas wind-down and enjoying the festivities, so for fun holiday reading we bring you our last employment law/HR news update for the year.  This year’s newsletters come to an end with a helping hand on the new statutory rates for next April, potential…
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