by Tim Davies | Jun 22, 2018 | One you might have missed
In 2016, receptionist Nicola Thorp was sent home on her first day of work at a corporate finance company in London because she refused to wear shoes with two to four-inch high heels. She launched an online petition calling for the law to be changed and garnered more...
by Tim Davies | May 25, 2018 | One you might have missed
It is important to have clarity on the precise date when an employee is dismissed. This can affect things like notice entitlement, unfair dismissal rights, redundancy pay, or pension benefits. A dismissal must be communicated to be effective. But what if there is a...
by Tim Davies | Mar 22, 2018 | One you might have missed
On 6 April 2018, there will be an increase in the compensation limits and minimum awards that are payable under employment legislation. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will rise from £80,541 to £83,682 (although this is still capped at the value...
by Tim Davies | Feb 13, 2018 | One you might have missed
That’s what the advert claimed (before being replaced by the one with the big furry monster at a reported cost of £8.5m). But not everyone was ‘in’. The Pension Regulator has recently made its first prosecution for an offence under section 3(2) of the Pensions Act...
by Tim Davies | Jan 9, 2018 | One you might have missed
Many employment rights depend upon the calculation of “a week’s pay”, using the rules set out in sections 221 to 227 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. It has long been accepted practice that employer pension contributions should be excluded from the calculation of a...
