In April 2017, the Apprenticeship Levy was introduced to ensure that there is a long-term investment in high quality apprenticeship training. Under the levy, large employers – those with the wage bill of more than £3 million per annum – pay 0.5% of their total wage bill into a training fund. It is hoped that the levy will raise £3 bn a year.
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As technology expands and many of us have work emails accessible on our mobile phones 24/7, the division between work and home life is more blurred than ever before. Whether you are thinking about a work deadline, household chores, childcare, health problems, financial worries, finding time to socialise, helping the kids with their homework, it can be hard to ‘switch off’ and the daily pressures of life can seem relentless.
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Theresa May has described modern slavery as the greatest social injustice of our time. The UK is unique in legislating on this subject, with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA). Alongside this legislation, the Home Office produced a dedicated ad campaign to raise awareness of the issue.
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It's not something I say often, but our recommendation is that employers should disregard current Government advice about the employment status of EU nationals.
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Employees going on foreign holidays or visiting relatives abroad whilst on sick leave would feature in most employer's top 10 annoyance lists! It's a common phenomenon, and it can understandably irritate employers that an employee is not well enough to work, but is apparently well enough to go on holiday.
Read MoreEarlier this week, using the technical miracle that is Skype, I delivered a pan-European seminar on the implications of GDPR for HR. Delegates in Italy, Germany, France and other European countries were able to listen and follow the slides, whilst I sat in our client's offices in Surrey.
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This month's blog is an update to the story that I covered in my last post. To recap, the daughter of a client had been subjected to significant acts of sexual harassment by a manager of her employer, a high-profile London business.
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As an employer focused practice, we rarely take on cases for employees, but recently I made an exception. A former client asked me to consider taking on a case for his daughter, and when the facts were outlined to me, I agreed to do so.
Read MoreHarry Sherrard joined Clive Bull for LBC’s Legal Hour in July 2017. Listen to Harry answering listeners’ questions on employment law here.
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As I write this on the afternoon of Thursday, 8 June 2017, whilst voting in the general election is taking place, I am reflecting on the various parties' positions on employment law developments.
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