A Duck is a Duck – Obviously! If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. But if the legislation says “(b)when the proceedings were begun…”, it’s not just probably, but clearly means “when… begun” – there’s no probably about it. […]
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Post created on: April 15th, 2019
Let’s Complicate Employment Laws Even More… The clamour to argue for reform of employment law was joined today by a joint report from the Work and Pensions & Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Commons Committees. But this report seems muddled, and was perhaps published simply to join the voices already calling for change, rather than […]
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Post created on: November 20th, 2017
Voluntary Overtime Counts in Holiday Pay Calculations… Or at least Sometimes Overtime & “average pay” for holidays has always been a questionable area of employment law: as a worker should not be worse-off financially if they take annual leave, should overtime (voluntary or compulsory) be included in that calculation? Compulsory overtime was settled previously (this […]
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Post created on: July 31st, 2017
More Bank Holidays Won’t Help Employees Labour have announced a policy to provide a further four bank holidays, arguing that the UK has fewer bank holidays than other G20 countries. We’ll have to await Labour’s manifesto to see how this policy would be delivered, but there is no suggestion at the moment that the […]
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Post created on: April 23rd, 2017
TUPE Employee Liability Information Employee Payments Don’t have to be Identified as Contractual/Non-Contractual Employee Liability Information is important information that any employer should ensure they receive before accepting a TUPE transfer. (It’s shocking how often SME employers announce after the event that they didn’t concern themselves to receive this, or that they didn’t check […]
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Post created on: March 31st, 2017
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