by Rachel Goodman | Dec 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Non smokers should get more paid holiday! Well that’s the verdict of one Japanese employer anyway – 6 more days to be precise. After an employee complained about the amount of work he did while his nicotine loving colleagues took multiple breaks per day...
by Rachel Goodman | Nov 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Yet more news to pay close attention to if your business uses self-employed contractors on a regular basis. Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice today, if those contractors are at any point deemed to be workers (and bear in mind the recent Uber &...
by Rachel Goodman | Nov 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Uber drivers are workers and not self-employed contractors – this decision was reached by the Employment Appeal Tribunal on Friday and agreed with the previous Employment Tribunal decision. So what next? Well it is widely anticipated that Uber will appeal to the...
by Rachel Goodman | Nov 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is the email I just sent to a client who is unsure if they are paying correctly when it comes to holiday pay. Is it any wonder employers get confused and get stuff wrong sometimes …?! The problem is that the rules around holiday pay keep changing! It was...
by Rachel Goodman | Nov 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
The gig economy debate rumbles on – with the employment tribunal appeal ruling on the Uber case due Friday it might seem that we are maybe one step closer to a resolution, but in fact that seems unlikely as both sides have said they’ll appeal to the...
by Rachel Goodman | Nov 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Do you have apprentices? Are you up to date on the requirements? We’re rapidly discovering that not many employers are aware of the rules that came into effect earlier this year about apprenticeships. It doesn’t seem that all training providers / assessors...
