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AnalysisWhat impact has the Flexible Working Act had since its inception?
The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 ushered in a raft of changes which boosted the rights of employees.
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ArticleSupreme Court rules in favour of Nexus workers in pay dispute
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of workers employed by transport firm Nexus on the Tyne and Wear Metro in a pay-related case.
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ArticleGovernment to create pension megafunds
The government will create pension megafunds as part of pension reforms aimed at unlocking an £80 billion investment in new businesses, infrastructure and local projects.
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ArticleBolt drivers win ruling stating they are workers
Thousands of ride-hailing app Bolt drivers have won a legal claim to be classed as workers and receive rights such as paid holiday and at least the minimum wage. An employment tribunal on Friday 8 November ruled that the Bolt drivers are not self-employed contractors who run ...
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ArticleSpain to allow single parents to take double parental leave
Source: Shutterstock / 2203806429 The Spanish Plenary of the Constitutional Court has declared it unconstitutional that biological mothers of single-parent families and self-employed workers cannot extend their permit by birth and childcare beyond 16 weeks. The ruling follows a reform to Spain’s family law back in February, ...
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ArticleHow will the Autumn Budget 2024 impact pay and benefits?
Autumn Budget 2024: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her Autumn Budget speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday 30 October. It included a number of key announcements that could impact employers’ pay and benefits strategies. Autumn Budget 2024: Employer national insurance contributions (NICs) ...
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ArticleReal-time reporting of benefits in kind to start in 2026
The government has confirmed plans to mandate the real-time reporting of most benefits in kind (BiKs) via payroll software starting in April 2026. Benefits in kind (BiKs), which include non-cash perks like company cars and private medical insurance provided by employers, have traditionally been reported yearly. The ...
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ArticleAutumn Budget 2024: Changes to employer share incentive plan notice relating to statutory neonatal care pay
Autumn Budget 2024: Employers will have to change the notice they must give to an employee regarding possible deductions from their salary in relation to a share incentive plan (Sip). A minor change to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 and the Employee Share Ownership ...
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ArticleAutumn Budget 2024: Government to close loopholes around car ownership schemes
Autumn Budget 2024: The government has announced plans to close loopholes in company car tax rules by ending contrived car ownership schemes. In the Autumn Budget 2024, Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, laid out plans to publish draft legislation around loopholes in car ownership ...
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ArticleAutumn Budget 2024: Employment allowance to double and £100,000 threshold scrapped
Autumn Budget 2024: The government is to increase the employment allowance from £5,000 to £10,500 and remove the £100,000 threshold from April 2025. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced these measures in the Autumn Budget. The move will apply to all eligible employers, meaning 865,000 employers ...
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ArticleAutumn Budget 2024: Income tax thresholds to remain frozen until 2028
Credit: Fred Duval/Shutterstock Autumn Budget 2024: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has announced that income tax thresholds will remain frozen until 2028. Reeves, the UK’s first female Chancellor, announced in her Autumn Budget to the House of Commons that the government will not be increasing the ...
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ArticleAutumn Budget 2024: Employer national insurance contributions (NICs) to increase to 15%
Autumn Budget 2024: The government is to increase the rate of employer national insurance contributions (NICs) by 1.2 percentage points to 15% from 6 April 2025. This will mean employers will have to pay 15p in NIC for every £1 paid to an employee. In addition, the ...
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ArticleNational living wage to rise by 6.7% in April 2025
The government is to increase the national living wage by 6.7% from April 2025. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced the rate will rise from £11.44 to £12.21 an hour, which will be worth £1,400 a year for an eligible full-time worker. It is part ...
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ArticleLifetime provider model for pensions scrapped
Plans to introduce a pot for life for employee pensions will no longer go ahead, according to the Department for Work and Pensions. The previous Conservative government had proposed introducing a lifetime provider model (LPM), which would allow employees to have a single pension scheme throughout their ...
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ArticleFather awarded £20,000 after gossip about his flexible working
A man has won more than £20,000 in a claim for sex-based harassment after his colleagues ‘gossiped’ about him working flexible hours. Courtney Rawlins worked for parcel delivery service DPD as a driver, and made a request for flexible working ahead of the birth of his daughter, ...
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ArticleReal living wage rate to increase to £12.60
Source: Shutterstock The Living Wage Foundation has announced an increase in its real living wage rate to £12.60 across the UK, and £13.85 in London. More than 15,000 employers across the UK are signed up to pay the new rates for almost half a million employees. The ...
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OpinionKeely Rushmore: What can employers learn from the Next employment tribunal judgment?
Keely Rushmore Source: From Keystone Law Keely Rushmore, employment partner at Keystone Law The employment tribunal judgment in the case of high street retailer Next serves as a reminder that roles that may seem very different can be compared against each other under the equality legislation, to ...
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AnalysisHow to conduct an ethnicity pay review
Source: Shutterstock Mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting will be introduced in the future, along with the Equality (Race and Disability) Bill. Ethnicity data is a special category under GDPR, so employers must state what it will be used for and how it will ...
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ArticleFormer pregnant Mitie account manager sees discrimination award increased
A pregnant account manager, who was found to have been discriminated against, has had her total award increased from £37,000 to more than £350,000.