It’s fair to say that the recent sacking of 800 staff by P&O Ferries was absolutely shocking and a poor reflection on the Dubai-owned business. The staff were informed on a Zoom call that the 17th of March was their final day of employment with immediate effect, without warning was given on a pre-recorded call
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee & Related Holiday Requests As part of the celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the late May bank holiday will be moved to Thursday 2 June 2022, with an additional one on Friday 3 June 2022. This change may have practical and contractual implications, and it is vital that employers
The post-pandemic economic climate promises to be a difficult one for employees and businesses across the board, with the cost of living rising dramatically. The latest inflation figures are at 5.5 per cent, with the cost of many things – including energy – rising dramatically, yet annualised wage growth sitting at just 4.2 per
New research has found that almost one in three workers say they feel unvalued at work despite the fact that staff retention is one of the biggest challenges facing employers in 2022. Lack of recognition at work is causing many employees to consider handing in their notice, according to new research by Adler. The findings come as
Guidance urging people to work from home wherever possible in Scotland is to be relaxed in favour of a "hybrid" system of office and remote working Employers have been asked to phase workers back into spending some time in the office from Monday 31 January. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the move was possible
Return of the SSP rebate scheme for Covid related absences Regulations have now been laid before parliament formally reinstating the SSP rebate scheme that came to an end on 30th September 2021. The rebate scheme allows businesses with less than 250 staff to recover up to 2 weeks of SSP paid out for absence due
Flexible Working Flexible working requests are not new in the workplace. They have, however, been thrown into the limelight following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. For both employers and employees alike, the switch to homeworking as a business continuity measure during the pandemic has revealed that in certain cases, working from home and
An explanation of the UK Government's EU Settlement Scheme You will be aware that the new points-based immigration system came into force in the UK on 1 January 2021. The extended deadline for EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications for EU/EEA/Swiss citizens who were in the UK before 11pm on 31 December is 30 June
The Great Home Working Experiment It’s been described as a lightbulb moment where managers suddenly realised that jobs can be done flexibly, a turning point for equality at work. But has this really been the case? Normally we’d implement home or flexible working in a strategic and organised way rather than sending everyone home
Changes to National Minimum Wage Rates More than 100 companies, including some of the UK’s biggest household names, have been named and shamed by the government for failing to pay workers the minimum wage. The government investigated claims of failure to pay the national minimum wage (NMW) between 2016 and 2018, and discovered the
