Government’s reponse to consultation on holiday pay calculation, TUPE and Harpur Trust ruling; referencing the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/28/enacted
Learn MoreEmployer’s guide on supporting new mothers at work produced by Fawcett Society in collaboration with TotalJobs.
Key findings include 11% of working mothers resign, 41% decline a promotion and only 31% have access to flexible working due to childcare pressures. Download.ashx (fawcettsociety.org.uk)
Learn MoreSolicitors Regulation Authority’s three year review of the Transparency Rules* among the findings:
As reported in the Law Society Gazette, 27 October 2023 *SRA TRANSPARENCY RULES: YEAR 3 EVALUATION https://www.sra.org.uk/globalassets/documents/sra/research/year-three-evaluation-of-the-sra-transparency-rules.pdf?version=4aa6e3
Learn MoreA bonus clawback provision in an employment contract did not amount to a restraint of trade.
The High Court confirms the restraint of trade position on clawback of bonus payments which are conditional on the employee remaining employed for a specified period. Steel v Spencer Road LLP (t/a The Omerta Group) [2003] EWHC 2492 (Ch) (11 October 2023) (Bacon, J). https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2023/2492.html
Learn MoreShakespeare actors held to be ‘workers’ by employment tribunal.
K McGuire and E Graham v D Crilly T/a The Cambridge Shakespeare Festival: 3300180/2023 and 3300333/2023 – Reserved Judgment. https://www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions/k-mcguire-and-e-graham-v-d-crilly-t-slash-a-the-cambridge-shakespeare-festival-3300180-slash-2023-and-3300333-slash-2023
Learn MoreDraft Regulations* removing the National Minimum Wage exemption for live-in domestic workers; aim to protect au pairs, nannies and companions. Due to come in to force 1 April 2024.
*The draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2023 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348251548#f00002
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