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Right to work checks will have to be in person again as of 17 May 2021. Of the many things that have changed the way we work in the last year some are starting to return to the pre Covid way of doing things and right to work checks are one such task. In the remote...

We’ve talked a lot about managing your mental load, especially since March last year. It’s easy to always see the negative to side to ‘being stressed’ but for this post we wanted to talk to you about positive stress………no honestly, stress can be good for you. Good...

In the first case of its type the answer was yes. The Employment Tribunal has ruled it was fair to dismiss an employee who refused to wear a face covering at work. Over the course of the last 12 months, workplaces have introduced many new safety measures to ensure...

You may have already heard about the Government Kickstart Scheme which has been created by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP).  It is a scheme which provides funding to employers to create job placements.  When it was first set up you needed a minimum of 30 job...

New Immigration Rules In our new post-Brexit world UK employers need to think differently immigration and about how they recruit and employ EU citizens (not including Irish citizens) as free movement between the UK and EU has ended The points-based immigration system...

One thing the events of 2020 have shown us is that the answer to ‘do small businesses really need HR support?’ is ‘Yes, they absolutely do!’ Probably not in house and not full time but definitely a presence, maybe in the shape of, hmmmm, I don’t know, someone like us,...

One of the most precious things to an employee (after job security and satisfaction of course) is holiday, it can also be one of the most headache inducing elements of employing people  especially when you have part-time employees! Are you working out your part...

So here we are again then huh?!  Lockdown 3.0 we see it is being called, so here is your Lockdown 3.0 Employers Update (as of today anyway). We notice that the legislation being voted upon runs to 31 March with Boris reported as stating that this is "not because we...

In normal times it is unlikely in most circumstances holiday carryover into future years is offered to staff but the government have passed regulations to ensure businesses have the flexibility they need to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and to protect workers...