National Minimum Wage
Low Pay Commission – minimum wage underpayment on the rise
A new report from the Low Pay Commission has found that the underpayment of workers on statutory minimum wage increased […]
High Court finds that directors can be liable for breach of employment contract
Most directors of companies don’t expect to be held personally liable for inducing the employer to breach an employee’s contract […]
Statutory employment changes from April 2019
As April fast approaches, employers should make sure they are ready to implement the increases to statutory pay, as well […]
Taylor Review – update
The House of Commons Work and Pensions and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committees (the Committees) made recommendations in November 2017 for addressing the issues raised in the Taylor Review. These included:
National Minimum Wage Increase
Workers aged over 25 will receive an inflation-busting increase of 33p an hour in their national minimum wage. An above-inflation pay rise of 4.4 per cent starting April 2018 is over the 3 per cent rate of inflation which is in place at the moment. Following this, full-time workers will receive a £600 annual increase.
National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage set to increase in April
Following our post on 1 December 2016, “National Living Wage to increase by 4 per cent in April“, the draft […]
The case for and against: should we get rid of unpaid internships?
In our article published this week on HRZone, we consider whether or not the UK should ban unpaid internships. This […]
National Living Wage to increase by 4 per cent in April
The Chancellor has confirmed that the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase in April 2017 from £7.20 to £7.50 per […]
Insight: UK Employment Law Round-up – June 2016
In this issue we look into the implications of misusing data in the employment context. In particular, we utline recent […]