Dec 16, 2024 · New regulations governing holiday pay and entitlement could come into effect for companies with a calendar holiday year in January. Samantha O’Sullivan of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) explains how employers will be affected.

Sep 2, 2022 · The Home Office has recently hiked fines for employing migrant workers illegally. Failing to ensure someone has the right to work in UK could now result in an organisation receiving a civil penalty of up to £45,000 for each worker, rising to £60,000 for repeat breaches.

Dec 16, 2024 · The government has approved the takeover of Royal Mail’s parent company to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. Kretinsky’s EP Group has been given the go-ahead to buy International Distribution Group for £3.6bn as long as it makes certain commitments to service provision and staff.

Jan 27, 2025 · More than two in five (43%) of pay awards are expected to the between 3% and 3.99%, while 37% anticipate it will be between 2% and 2.99%. Only 14% believe the pay rise will be 4% or more, compared to the 4.5% typical value of awards given in 2024.

By midday today (6 January), chief executives at the UK’s top 100 publicly listed companies will have earned more money than the median worker’s salary for the whole of 2025, according to analysis from the High Pay Centre.

Apr 15, 2015 · In unfair dismissal claims, employment tribunals take the “Acas code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures” into account where relevant and may increase an award of compensation by up to 25% for an employer’s unreasonable failure to follow it.

Mar 4, 2025 · Better rights and protections will also be provided for workers operating under umbrella companies and, as Personnel Today reported yesterday, statutory sick pay eligibility will be changed to benefit low-paid workers. Government responses to five consultations on aspects of the bill are being published later today.

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Oct 22, 2024 · Removing waiting days is a priority, say ministers, because presenteeism costs the economy tens of billions of pounds each year. Here, the government cites an Institute for Public Policy Research paper which reports that employees last year lost 43.6 productive days – 11 on average due to presenteeism but 6.7 days through absenteeism. In 2018, 34.8 days were

Mar 8, 2024 · Legislation allowing fathers or partners to split their statutory paternity leave into two blocks has been enacted today. The Paternity Leave Amendment Regulations 2024, which will apply in all cases where the expected week of childbirth falls on or after 6 April 2024, allow paternity leave to be split into two blocks of one week at …