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The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has confirmed that National insurance contributions (NICs) will increase by 1 …

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Although the Welsh government has officially breached the GDPR over 300 times during the last three years, no-one has lost their job and no financial penalties have been imposed …

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has finally published for consultation its own version of Standard Contractual Clauses and a draft Transfer Risk Assessment …

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Global warming is giving rise to changed working hours, even in northern climates …

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A former estate agent who asked to work shorter hours in order to pick up her daughter from nursery, but ending up being forced to resign, has been awarded £185,000 by an employment tribunal …

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What happens if an employee claims that they have been subject to disability discrimination, but the employer has been in no position to know that they are disabled? In David Seccombe v Reed in Partnership Ltd, the individual’s claim for discrimination only arose when they were dismissed on performance grounds within their probationary period …

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Digital arrangements for checking overseas nationals’ right to work will remain in place until 5th April 2022 …

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Now that the employer contribution to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has risen to 20% of the current furlough rate, one in five furloughed staff face redundancy …

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In Q2 2021, 9 …

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Public hostility to a return of lockdown measures is probably holding back necessary actions to control dangerously rising infection levels …

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A recent well publicised report by a UK “thinktank” has talked about an “overtime epidemic” and the need for a legal “right to disconnect” …

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Companies in the private sector may find of interest and value data that must now be published about public sector salaries over £50,000 pa (US$68,000) …

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Employers could face the prospect that menopause is established as a protected characteristic through a revised Equality Act …

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Publicly listed companies have until 22nd October 2021 to give their response to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) about a proposed 40% gender quota on company boards …

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The government has developed a useful online calculator to help parents determine the amount of pay they will received on shared parental leave …

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