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Abolition Of Fire and Rehire: You Should Be Afraid

12th February 2025

We wrote recently about the most well-known measure in the Employment Rights Bill: unfair dismissal becoming a day one right. Another new right under the Employment Rights Bill which, on the face of it, seems relatively innocuous for most SMEs, could actually be far more onerous if enacted in its current draft.

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Government proposals may result in your non-compete clause becoming void

12th May 2023

On 10 May the government published a policy paper that is a mix of the government’s vision for delivering an improved regulatory framework and covers a number of proposed changes to employment law, one of which is about restrictive covenants, specifically, non-compete clauses. This article covers the changes proposed that are commonly included in employment contracts.

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EMPLOYMENT LAW: WILL BREXIT CHANGE EVERYTHING?

25th September 2022

Whilst Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini budget has dominated the media this week, Jacob Rees-Mogg, newly appointed Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has introduced a Bill which could have far-reaching long-term impact on the UK economy.

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Do we have to give staff the bank holiday off?

16th September 2022

Employers who express the holiday entitlement as 5.6 weeks inclusive of bank holiday will not be legally bound to pay an extra day for the funeral. Those employers who express holiday entitlement for their full time staff as 20 days plus bank holidays will have to pay for the extra day.

The New Job Support Scheme

28th September 2020

On 24th September, the Chancellor announced the broad outline of the new Job Support Scheme (JSS). In broad terms, the JSS seeks to enable short time working whilst ensuring that employees are still able to earn sufficient wages to survive and companies receive some help with their payroll costs.

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CORONAVIRUS: WHAT IS THE UK GOVERNMENT DOING AND WHAT CAN EMPLOYERS DO? 

17th March 2020

On a national level, what is the government doing to avoid mass unemployment? At the time of writing, Monday 16th March, the UK government’s responses seem to fall well short of their European counterparts. The extent of the current measures taken by the government to support businesses can be found here.