Employment Law Changes 2024 2024 is a busy year for employment law changes! Here are a few of the key changes to look out for: Statutory Carers Leave From 6 April 2024, eligible employees can take a maximum of one week’s unpaid leave to look… Read More »Soundbite
National Minimum Wage will apply to live-in domestic workers from 1 April 2024 Currently, workers who live in their employer’s family home, who are treated as a member of the family (including the provision of living accommodation and meals, and the sharing of tasks and… Read More »Soundbite
New Government guidance on holiday pay entitlement for part year workers (eg term time workers) and those working irregular hours You may recall that in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel, it was decided that part year workers must have their holiday pay calculated… Read More »Soundbite
Advice on managing Blue Monday The third Monday in January is often referred to as Blue Monday. This is thought to be the worst day of the year for mental health. Although there may be no scientific evidence to prove this line of thought, research… Read More »Soundbite
Carer’s Leave Regulations The Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024 have been laid before Parliament and set out the right for employees with caring responsibilities to apply for up to one week of unpaid carer’s leave in any 12 month period. These Regulations are due to come… Read More »Soundbite
New national minimum wage rates announced The Government has confirmed the new rates for the National Living Wage (NLW) and the National Minimum Wage, which will come into force from April 2024. In addition, the age threshold for the NLW will be lowered to 21… Read More »Soundbite
When is a resignation not really a resignation? Employees sometimes resign “in the heat of the moment”, and may try to retract their resignation later. It’s settled law that an employer cannot accept a resignation genuinely “in the heat of the moment”, but there has… Read More »Soundbite
ICO guidance on lawfully monitoring workers Companies may be interested to know that the ICO has recently published its guidance, Employment practices and data protection – Monitoring workers, which gives helpful guidance to employers on monitoring their workers within the remit of GDPR. Monitoring workers… Read More »Soundbite
Legal 500 – Leading Firm 2024 We are delighted that Bradshaw Trees Law has been ranked as a Leading Law Firm in the Legal 500, and we haven’t quite reached 2 years old! Thank you so much to all our clients who gave feedback on… Read More »Soundbite – Legal 500
No right to redundancy pay where the employee changes their mind about suitable alternative employment. A Tribunal has held that an employee was not entitled to redundancy pay when she changed her mind about accepting a suitable alternative employment. However, her claim for unfair dismissal… Read More »Soundbite