10/10/2025 5:51:30 PM Navigating the new sick leave landscape: Legal and practical implications By Netanya Cramer Sickness absence in the UK has reached a 15-year high, with employees now taking an average of 9.4 days off per year. The CIPD’s...
1/15/2024 8:31:14 AM ACAS Draft Code of Practice on Predictable working pattern requests By Jim Fairlie Following our article on the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 (the "Act") ACAS published its draft Code of Practice on...
10/16/2023 2:52:30 PM An end to variable working patterns - Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 By Jim Fairlie Introduction The new Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 (WPT 2023) aims to address the challenges faced by workers in...
6/22/2023 9:35:02 AM Could the rise in net migration help the hospitality sector tackle its skills shortages? By Lydia Christie Figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at the end of May 2023 showed net migration into the UK in 2022 as being at...
5/6/2023 10:16:14 AM Tipping Point By Lydia Christie On 2 May 2023 the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023, which makes it unlawful for businesses to withhold tips from their workers,...
4/23/2020 12:00:00 AM Post lockdown attitudes - will customers be too worried to go out? By Lydia Christie We are in the fifth week of the UK Government's COVID-19 lockdown period with more to come and with the Government's Coronavirus Job...