Employers with 250 or more employees have just over two months remaining to publish the details of their employees’ gender pay gap. For private and voluntary sector organisations, a snapshot of employees’ pay should have been taken on 5 April 2022. Pay gap reports must then be published on your company’s own website and uploaded...
As winter really kicks in, Acas has set out some essential information for employers regarding staff absences from work. Apart from annual holiday entitlement, an employee might need time off work for reasons including: short-term and long-term sickness, including mental health conditions helping a child, partner or relative medical and hospital appointments pregnancy-related illnesses and...
Background The Equality Act 2010 imposes a duty on employers to make reasonable adjustments where a practice, criterion or provision places a disabled worker at a disadvantage because of their disability. The employer must take reasonable steps to avoid the disadvantage and what is reasonable depends on: whether the adjustment would have reduced the disabled...
Almost 400,000 people working for over 11,000 real Living Wage Employers throughout the country are set for a vital cost-of-living pay boost, according to the Living Wage Foundation. The new Living Wage rates are set to rise to £10.90 an hour across the UK (£1 increase), and £11.95 an hour in London (90p increase). This year’s Living Wage rates...
The government has announced in-year reductions to National Insurance rates and the cancellation of the Health and Social Care Levy as a separate tax. The key changes are: National Insurance contribution (NIC) rates will be cut by 1.25 percentage points for employees, employers and the self-employed, effectively reversing the uplift introduced in April 2022 for...
First Full Payment Submission for new starters: the importance of using the correct employee addresses NB HMRC originally published an article in the June 2022 Employer Bulletin with incorrect guidance around what to do when receiving a late P45. When completing the first Full Payment Submission for new starters, it is important that employers obtain and enter...
The Supreme Court has published its judgement on Harpur Trust v Brazel, which has implications for businesses employing seasonal staff. The Supreme Court ruling essentially agreed with the previous Court of Appeal’s view. Specifically, they said: “In short, the amount of leave to which a part-year worker under a permanent contract is entitled is not...
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has run a free, hour-long webinar to help inform employers on how to effectively manage the risk of Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) in the workplace and protect home workers. To access Musculoskeletal Disorders: Managing the Risk of Manual Handling and Display Screen Equipment for Workers on Site or Working from...
Acas (the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) upholds that it is important for employers to support staff through every stage of the menopause. It says that having early and regular follow-up conversations with staff to understand their needs can help make sure support and procedures are in place so they can continue to do their...
Workers will soon be able to be signed off from work by healthcare professionals other than their GP. From 1 July 2022, existing regulations will be amended to allow registered nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists and physiotherapists to sign a worker’s ‘fit note’, the prescribed form of evidence for statutory sick pay and social security purposes....