Bulletins
Bulletins
The Russian World Cup – What should employers consider?
With the long awaited fixtures kicking off this month, there will be no escaping the football extravaganza, but what should employers consider when their staff want to watch games that fall within working hours? Nicola Allen, employment law solicitor at Foot Anstey LLP, recommends that employers should plan how they will manage potential problems and communicate their approach with staff in advance.
Death-In-Service Benefits – What Are Your Duties When A Claim Is Made?
Many employers offer senior employees Death-in-Service as part of their competitive package of benefits. Typically this entitles the employee to a lump sum payment to the employee's beneficiaries if the employee passes away whilst still in active service for the company. Whilst the benefit is common place, not many employers understand what their obligations as trustees are or what to do when a claim is made.
Michelle Seddon, senior associate in our Private Wealth Group has been advising the trustees of large employers on their roles and duties as well as the resulting payments under the scheme. In the first of our two part series of articles on this benefit she takes a closer look at this benefit, the duties it creates for trustees and steps to take when a claim is made.
Addison Lee Ltd v Gascoigne - Another win for workers in the gig economy
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) have dealt another blow to the gig economy's gradual diminution of workers' rights by finding that a cycle-courier for the taxi and courier company Addison Lee was a 'worker' for the purposes of the Working Time Regulations 1998. Jordan Daruvalla and Charlotte Mortlock look at how this judgment is improving protection of workers' rights whilst increasing the uncertainty for businesses in the growing gig economy.
In Brief - May 2018 Round Up
To help you keep quickly up to date with employment law, we summarise the key developments arising from cases, guidance, legislation and consultations for this month.
If you would like to discuss any of the points raised, please get in touch with Helen Dallimore, Senior Associate, or with your usual contact in the Foot Anstey employment team.
Gender pay gap reporting –what are the key trends?
The deadline for gender pay gap reporting has now passed after a last minute sprint to the finish line for a large proportion of businesses (many of whom waited until the last week to publish). Over 10,500 employers have published their results, including some who chose to report voluntarily.
Predictably there are some businesses who have failed to report.
Taxing exit payments: Frequently asked questions
On the 6 April 2018 new rules on the tax treatment of termination payments came into force. Nicola Allen, senior associate and Hannah Coppen, trainee solicitor, look at some of the FAQs arising from this development.
In Brief – April 2018 Round-Up
To help you keep quickly up to date with employment law, we summarise the key developments arising from cases, guidance, legislation and consultations for this month.
If you would like to discuss any of the points raised, please get in touch with Helen Dallimore, Senior Associate, or with your usual contact in the Foot Anstey employment team.
Employment Bulletin - March 2018
Employment Bulletin
Welcome to our March bulletin. This month we take a look at equal pay and minimum wage cases that have hit the headlines for large household names. In our regular in brief we also highlight some of the key developments from this month and summarise the important changes to employment legislation taking place in April to keep you up to date. Read More...
Example Post-Employment Notice Pay (PENP) Calculation
Employment Bulletin
How to calculate PENP
A 'uniform' policy on Minimum Wage?
Employment Bulletin
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has 'named and shamed' 179 employers for failing to pay the national minimum wage ("NMW") to a record 9,200 workers with unpaid wages amounting collectively to £1.1 million. Fines of £1.3m were further payable to the government. Following the recent BBC article on this, James Collings, partner, highlights some of the main points to take away relating to uniform policies.
