-
Paying staff on jury service
- April 26, 2022
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
No CommentsIf you have staff that have been called up to serve on a jury, then you must allow them the necessary time off. You can ask them to request to delay their jury service if their absence would seriously
-
Mandatory vaccination for frontline health and social care worker
- November 18, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
The government has published its response to its consultation on making COVID-19 vaccination a condition of deployment for frontline workers in health and social care settings in England and has
-
Improvements to the apprenticeship system
- November 4, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
As part of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, the government has confirmed that it will continue to meet 95% of the apprenticeship training costs for employers who do not pay the
-
Government confirms plans for all tips to go to workers
- September 28, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
The government has published its response to its 2016 consultation on tipping, gratuities, cover and service charges and has confirmed its intention to bring forward legislative measures to ensure
-
Gender pay gap reporting to commence from 5 October
- September 16, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) confirmed in February 2021 that enforcement action against employers for failing to report their gender pay gap data for the last reporting year
-
COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for care homes staff
- August 5, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 have now been approved by both House of Parliament and will come into force on 11 November 2021.
-
Continuous employment defined
- July 29, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
When a new employee is added to the payroll it is the employers’ responsibility to ensure they meet the employees’ rights. One of the issues that must be considered is the employees’ length of
-
Reforming statutory sick pay
- July 29, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
Following its summer 2019 consultation entitled “Health is everyone’s business: proposals for reducing ill health-related job loss”, the government has now published its response which
-
National Minimum Wage reminder for summer staff
- July 22, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
We would like to remind any students and seasonal staff that work part time, for example in a summer job, to ensure they are being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW). All workers are legally
-
Updated working safely guidance to apply from 19 July 2021
- July 22, 2021
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Employment Law
With England having moved to step 4 of the roadmap out of lockdown from 19 July 2021, the government has published updated guidance on working safely during coronavirus. The guidance, which is to be