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How is holiday treated during furlough leave?

During periods of ‘furlough leave’ in the context of the Coronavirus pandemic, workers will continue to accrue their holiday. Workers can take holiday during the furlough period in the normal way, subject…

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Navigating holiday pay, what are employees entitled to?

Who is entitled to paid holiday? All employees and workers, workers being those who don’t have full employment status, but are engaged on the basis of providing personal service. How is the…

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COVID-19 Support for Employers…

In the face of the massive repercussions of the spread of COVID-19, the Government has put in place several initiatives specifically designed to address the needs of employers. The following is our summary of the help which is currently available.  The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme  A new Coronavirus…

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Legal changes affecting employers from April 2020

In the current situation relating to COVID-19, it would be easy for employers to lose sight of the fact that there are important Employment Law changes taking effect in April.  Many of these have come…

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EHRC publish guidance on sexual harassment at work

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have published a technical guidance on sexual harassment and harassment at work. Whilst onerous in that it runs to over eighty pages, it’s difficult to…

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Redundancies: What you need to consider…

From time to time businesses may need to consider cutting their workforce in order to remain competitive. Advances in technology, changes in the marketplace and issues such as Brexit are all factors…

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Tribunal rules that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief

An employment tribunal in Norwich has ruled that ethical veganism is a philosophical belief that is protected by law against discrimination and as such benefits from the protection of the Equality Act…

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Can employees carry over annual leave entitlements?

The answer to this question is ‘it depends on what type of annual leave it is‘. To explain, there are three different categories of annual leave: statutory annual leave originating in EU…