HR Articles

Is a transferee’s name part of the duty to inform and can a settlement with the transferee affect an award being made against it for not providing measures information? This article explains a recent case and how it applies for businesses going through TUPE.  

As the nation faces a cost-of-living disaster, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his 2022 Spring Statement, the main points of which we have set out below. 

Brain fog has been in the news lately because of its association with Long Covid and the menopause. But what is brain fog and how should employers support staff suffering from it?  

In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting refugee crisis, the UK government has established the Ukraine Family Scheme (‘the Ukraine Scheme’) for Ukrainian refugees to join their family members in the UK. It is free to apply to the Scheme, and once in the UK, visa holders are permitted to work, study, access public funds, and extend their permission to stay in the

On Monday 21 February 2022, the Prime Minister made an announcement to the public confirming that the majority of the Covid-19 restrictions would on 24 February and outlined his plan for ‘living with Covid-19’.  The announcement to end all legal restrictions applies to England only. Restrictions remain in place in other parts of the UK. 

Job vacancies in the UK rose by 127,800 in the period from October to December 2021, reaching a new record of 1,247,000 vacancies. This equates to a record ratio of 4 job vacancies for every 100 employee jobs that exist.  

We spend most of our time at work, whether that be in the workplace or more recently as a result of the pandemic, via the internet and zoom. With all this time to chat and get to know colleagues, it comes as no surprise that romance has become commonplace in the modern workplace.

The Home Office has now updated the Worker and Temporary Worker Sponsorship policy guidance, first published in December 2020.

The Court of Appeal allowed Mr Smith’s appeal and held that he could recover compensation for all the unpaid holiday he had taken throughout his entire employment with Pimlico Plumbers.

Several proposed employment law changes have taken a back seat during the pandemic. However, it is hoped that we will now get some clarity on these as we continue through the year.