All Tax and legislation articles – Page 10
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ArticleNational living wage to rise to at least £11 per hour in 2024
Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt has announced that the national living wage will increase to at least £11 per hour from April 2024.Hunt made this announcement yesterday at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, where he committed to accept the Low Pay Commission’s recommendations.These recommendations, which will be announced ...
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OpinionChristopher Hitchins: The impact of The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023
In a bid to address the new types of working patterns that are associated with the gig economy, the government’s long-awaited private members’ bill entitled The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 has received Royal Assent in the House of Lords.The bill, which forms part of the government’s 2017 ...
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ArticleLeigh Day brings pay and employment status claim against Veezu
Law firm Leigh Day has announced that it is taking taxi operator Veezu to employment tribunal to contest workers’ employment status and pay terms.The firm represents up to 12,500 taxi drivers who work for Veezu, which owns more than a dozen local taxi organisations using booking apps across England and ...
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ArticleWorkers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 gains Royal Assent
The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 has passed through the House of Lords to receive Royal Assent.Brought forward by Blackpool South MP Scott Benton and Baroness Anderson, the new law will give all workers, including those on zero-hours contracts, the legal right to request a predictable working pattern ...
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ArticlePensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Bill receives Royal Assent
The Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) (No. 2) Bill has received Royal Assent.The bill, introduced in the House of Commons by Jonathan Gullis MP and taken through the House of Lords by Baroness Altmann, will see the age at which eligible workers must be automatically enrolled into a pension scheme ...
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OpinionSarah Clay: Should pension schemes trace missing members?
Many pension schemes will have missing members to whom benefits are due but cannot be paid as they are not contactable.As people move house, change their name or change their contact details, they may update as many organisations as they can with their new details. But what happens if they ...
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ArticleHMRC publishes consultation on reporting salary advances
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published a consultation on proposed amendments to regulations that will allow employers to delay reporting advance salary payments made to an employee.The proposed amendments will mean that employers can delay reporting these until the remainder of that salary instalment has been paid and certain ...
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OpinionDanielle Ayres: How employers can ensure future resilience for workplace absences
It is crucial to ensure employers have crystal clear practices and policies for managing employee absences. Employers which properly invest in handling absences in the right way will see a marked improvement in staff performance, retention, productivity and business resilience.Absence management is central to ensuring ongoing business operations, helping minimise ...
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ArticleTrades Union Congress reports government over Strikes Act
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has announced it is reporting the Conservative government to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) over the Strikes Act.In a press conference yesterday (10 September), Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, Esther Lynch, general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, and two frontline workers, ...
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OpinionKris Weber: The impact of BBC v Christina Burns on pension costs
BBC v Christina Burns concerns the ability of employers to amend their old-fashioned and prohibitively expensive defined benefit pension schemes to make cost-saving changes. Often this is done by closing a scheme to future accrual, so members no longer earn any further benefits in it. The court said the BBC ...
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ArticleTribunal rules refusing pay rise to former Direct Line employee was unfair
Credit: T. Schneider / Shutterstock.comA menopausal former Direct Line insurance worker has been awarded £64,645.07 in a disability discrimination case after her boss refused to give her a pay rise amid claims she was “underperforming”.Maxine Lynskey began working for Direct Line in April 2016 and had no issues until March ...
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ArticleGovernment confirms it will reinstate equal pay protection legislation
The government has confirmed it is to reinstate equal pay protection legislation after previously scrapping the European Union (EU) law behind it.The protection was axed among other laws after the UK left the EU as part of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 which was passed in ...
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AnalysisWhat will the Flexible Working Act mean for working carers?
From 2024, employees will be able to request flexible working hours and patterns twice in a 12-month period and will not have to explain any potential effect on their employer. Organisations will have to consider all requests and provide a reason before rejection within two months. ...
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OpinionHelen Burgess: Back to school and the impact on employees
It’s nearly that time of year again where parents and their children start planning for the return to or start of school. The school day and the typical 9am to 5pm working schedule are not aligned and parent employees may request to change their start and finish times permanently, or ...
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ArticleTribunal orders Greatwell Homes to pay £50,000 in maternity leave dispute
Northamptonshire housing association Greatwell Homes has been ordered to pay a former employee £50,000 at employment tribunal after a maternity leave dispute.The association, which manages thousands of homes in Wellingborough, Kettering and Raunds, was taken to court after the member of staff claimed she had ‘suffered a detriment’ while on ...
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OpinionAmanda Trewhella: Supporting employees with menstrual health and menopause transition
Women’s health, and in particular the menopause transition, is a topical issue that has finally received significant coverage in the media during the last year or so.In the UK there are currently no legal regulations specifically requiring employers to provide support to people affected by menstruation issues or the menopause. ...
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ArticleTribunal finds former Royal Stoke University Hospital nurse was unfairly dismissed
Credit: Vivid Brands / Shutterstock.comA former Royal Stoke University Hospital nurse has been found to have been unfairly dismissed and should have received statutory redundancy.Clare Jackson had been working as a band six senior haematology research nurse at the hospital for five years when a directorate restructuring involving more than ...
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OpinionLee McIntyre-Hamilton: How to make cross-border remote working successful
Cross-border remote working has never been easier for employees. However, the same cannot be said when it comes to employer compliance.First and foremost, employers need to ensure that their employees have the legal right to work in the overseas country. Employees may need a visa or work permit. Also, employees ...
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ArticleTribunal finds former Trentside Manor Care employee was unfairly dismissed
A former care home manager at Trentside Manor Care has been awarded more than £100,000 in damages following a dismissal after requesting a reduction in her working hours.M Raphael had worked at the Stoke on Trent care home since 2011 and suffered a stroke in 2015, which left her with ...
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ArticleTribunal rules law firm must pay out on 13 counts of unfair dismissal
An employment tribunal has ruled that a defunct Newcastle-based law firm must pay 13 former employees 90 days’ remuneration for unfair dismissal after failing to give sufficient notice of redundancy ahead of the firm ceasing trading.Short Richardson and Forth closed on 30 September 2022, before entering into voluntary liquidation on ...