The Government Equalities Office has issued new guidance on dress codes in the work place, to help employers maintain appropriate and non-discriminatory policies for their staff. The guidance follows a high-profile case in 2016 concerning a receptionist for a well known private sector organisation who was allegedly sent home for wearing flat shoes, as the […]

Have you overheard comments like these? “We are on top of GDPR, we’ve contacted our customers so we are covered” “I didn’t think it applied to employee data” “We don’t keep employee data, we let our accountants handle that” “Our staff already know what information we hold, we don’t need to tell them do we?” […]

Here are some key dates for the first part of 2018….. April 2018 National Living Wage for workers aged 25 and over will increase to £7.83 per hour. Taxation of termination payments – All notice pay to be treated as earnings and subject to tax and national insurance contributions (subject to finalised Finance Bill) Existing […]

From April 2018, childcare voucher schemes will be closing to new applicants. Employees who have already signed up to a company’s scheme will be able to keep receiving vouchers, but they will not be able to re-join the scheme if they leave or move to another employer. The current childcare voucher scheme is being replaced […]