How remote is too remote? The COVID-19 pandemic has had consequences for all aspects of society and this includes the workforce. At the outset of the pandemic employees were asked...

Hybrid working models, where employees split their time between working from home and attending the workplace, offer both opportunities and challenges (both legal and practical)...

  What do Tyson Fury, Prince Harry and Beyonce have in common?  They have  all bravely shared their experience of depression and anxiety.  The statistics are clear - 1 in 4...

When the Ministry of Justice recently released its quarterly report on the Employment Tribunal statistics for the period from October to December 2020, it will have come as little...

The recent landmark Supreme Court ruling in Uber v Aslam and others confirmed the trend that those labelled self-employed were workers.  This conferred rights for those gig...

The Chancellor made a number of announcements in the Budget on 3rd March 2021 which are relevant to employers and their obligations and liabilities in respect of their employees...

The response to Covid-19 will understandably remain government’s and business’ priority in the months ahead. Nevertheless, we expect to see some important changes in other...

The UK government is currently consulting on the need for clauses that restrict the activities of employees after their employment ends (post–termination restrictive covenants)...

Many employers will have spent recent weeks grappling with the new concept of “furlough leave” or attempting to manage the economic impact that the outbreak of COVID-19 has had...

Updated as of 20 April 2020 The Government has enacted legislation to provide employees with the statutory right to take ‘emergency volunteering leave’ for the purposes of...

The Chancellor made a number of announcements in today’s Budget which are relevant to employers and their obligations and liabilities in respect of their employees. While the...

Updated as of 25 March 2020 In response to the surge in cases of coronavirus in the UK, and an estimation that up to a fifth of UK workers could be off sick at the peak of an...

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced on 22nd February that the changes to off-payroll regulations (known as IR35) would have a “soft landing” and that tax officials will not...

We are fast approaching April 2020, and with it comes a number of changes to employment law. We have summarised the new legislation coming into force to ensure that you (and your...

Tillman v Egon Zehnder [2019] UKSC 32. The Supreme Court handed down a landmark judgment on 3rd July 2019, with the court unanimously approving the restrictive limits within...

Employee engagement a massive topic.  This short note is intended to cover the key elements, but if you would like to discuss how to improve employee engagement in your...

Gender reassignment is protected under the Equality Act 2010, but with very little data as to the numbers of trans people in the UK, some businesses will be wondering if they...

In a landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal has decided that there is no act of sex discrimination or a breach of equal pay principles where an employer does not provide enhanced...

You could be forgiven for thinking that employee benefit trusts (known as ‘EBTs’) are resolutely to be considered the ‘bad boys’ of the trust world.  Widely used in the...

Businesses who employ contractors and consultants will be familiar with the ‘IR 35’ rules, introduced in 2000 with the aim of counteracting the perceived tax advantages...