ACAS has published three detailed new guides for businesses on equality:- - Equality and Discrimination: Understand the basics - Prevent Discrimination: Support equality - Discrimination: What to do if it happens http://www.acas.org.uk/equality...
Business Minister Nick Boles has named 75 employers who have failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage. In total, the named companies owed workers over £153,000. This brings the total number of companies named and shamed under the scheme, which was introduced in...
HMRC have published a collection of guidance, forms and case studies as part of the National Minimum Wage Campaign. The guidance provides information to employers on how to check that they are paying their employees the national minimum wage correctly. HMRC have also published new...
The GMB union is bringing a case against Uber arguing that Uber's contract terms with drivers breaches UK employment law. They argue that Uber does not currently ensure drivers are paid minimum wage or receive paid holiday. Uber claims that the drivers are "partners" rather...
Aimed at increasing transparency and, thereby reducing the gender pay gap, the government has published a consultation on its plans to introduce mandatory reporting of information on gender pay differences for larger employers (250 employees). Employers have an opportunity to help shape these important regulations...
On 24 July 2015, the government launched a consultation on simplifying the rules concerning the treatment of termination payments. Proposals include removing distinctions between types of payment, replacing the current £30,000 allowance with an exemption for redundancy (voluntary or compulsory) at a rate rising in...