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New law: Annual maternity, sickness and other statutory payments announced for 2023
- Jan 2023
- Atom Content Marketing
- Legal Alert
The government has announced proposed increases to statutory benefit payments as follows:
New law: Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates confirmed for April 2023
- Jan 2023
- Atom Content Marketing
- Legal Alert
The government has confirmed new National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates from April 2023.
New law: Employers prepare for revamp of employees’ flexible working rights
- Jan 2023
- Atom Content Marketing
- Legal Alert
Employers are preparing for new rules that allow all employees to request flexible working, and not just those who have 26 weeks’ service; simplify the procedure for making a flexible working request; and require employers to discuss alternatives if they are minded to refuse a request.
New law: Lowest paid workers now free to apply for second jobs
- Jan 2023
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- Legal Alert
Employers are no longer able to stop lower paid workers from taking a second job with another employer by using so-called ‘exclusivity’ clauses.
New law: Employers monitoring government plans on EU-derived employment laws
- Nov 2022
- Atom Content Marketing
- Legal Alert
Employers are keeping a close watch on government plans to fast-track the phasing out of ‘EU retained law’ – EU-derived law carried over at the end of the Brexit transition period – by amending, repealing or replacing it by 31 December 2023 (with a possible extension to 2026), which could affect a raft of employment laws.
New guidance: New Acas guidance on suspending workers
- Nov 2022
- Atom Content Marketing
- Legal Alert
Employers will benefit from a new guidance from Acas to help them decide when and how they can suspend an employee while carrying out a disciplinary or grievance investigation.
Best practice: Making redundancy a last resort in a downturn
- Oct 2022
- Atom Content Marketing
- Legal Alert
Employers concerned about a downturn, if not a recession, and thinking about cutting staff costs should consider ways to make redundancies a last resort.
New case law: Employers take action to guard against potential discrimination claims based on employees’ gender-critical beliefs
- Oct 2022
- Atom Content Marketing
- Legal Alert
Employers are considering what they can do to guard against potential claims arising from employees’ gender-critical beliefs in the workplace, as legal disputes in this area hit the headlines.
New guidance: Gig economy, agency worker and temporary worker employers benefit from new guidance on their health and safety responsibilities
- Jul 2022
- Atom Content Marketing
- Legal Alert
Businesses involved with the gig economy and/or agency or temporary workers will welcome new guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to help them to better understand their health and safety responsibilities towards such workers.
New law: Government proposes to extend ban on ‘exclusivity clauses’ to ensure lowest paid workers are free to apply for second jobs
- Jun 2022
- Atom Content Marketing
- Legal Alert
Low paid workers and employers are considering government proposals to extend the ban on ‘exclusivity clauses’ - which stop an employee from taking a second job with another employer – so that the lowest paid workers can no longer be stopped from doing so if they wish.
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