Category: Employee Rights
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Off Sick For Over 7 Days – What You Need To Do
If you are off work due to illness for a period of 7 consecutive days or more, there are certain...
July 1st, 2019
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How Many Sick Days Are Considered Legally Acceptable?
All employees are allowed to legally take sick days. However, you might wonder how many sick days are legally acceptable....
July 1st, 2019
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How To Handle Arguments At Work
Even if you think of yourself as not ‘close’ with your coworkers, the fact is that you spend more hours...
July 1st, 2019
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Illegal Workers? How To Check Before You Hire
The number of illegal workers in the UK is a growing problem and employers can face unlimited fines for employing...
July 1st, 2019
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Taxing times
From April 2020, changes to the ‘IR35’ regulation will impact employers who engage contractors through Personal Service Companies (PSCs). These...
June 27th, 2019
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Legal rights of employees with less than two years service
Generally, employees need to have worked for an employer for two years before they can bring a complaint of unfair...
January 25th, 2019
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Is an employee under a duty to disclose the criminal conviction of others?
The Supreme Court, in Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2018] UKSC 16 (a transcript of the judgment can be...
March 22nd, 2018
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Dealing with stress in the workplace
Figures from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development show that, for the very first time, stress is the most...
December 21st, 2016