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Holiday entitlement, pay and furlough – what are my employees entitled to?

PostedJuly 22, 2020

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented challenges for employers. You may have furloughed many of your staff members, but you still need to navigate holiday pay and leave entitlement. In this article,...

CJEU looks at question of carry over of holiday

PostedNovember 22, 2019

The Court of Justice of the European Union has considered the question of whether annual leave must be carried over from one leave year to another if the employee was...

BBC analysis suggests that Gender Pay Gap is growing

PostedFebruary 20, 2019

The BBC has completed analysis on the private companies that have published their latest gender pay gap figures and notes that 4 in 10 companies are reporting wider gaps than...

Asda loses appeal in initial stage of equal pay case

PostedJanuary 31, 2019

In a judgment handed down by the Court of Appeal this morning, it was ruled that supermarket staff (mostly women) and warehouse staff (mostly men) working at supermarket giant Asda...

Calculating holiday pay for zero hours, term-time only employees: what you need to know following the case of Brazel v The Harpur Trust UKEAT/0102/17/LA

PostedJanuary 11, 2019

In the case of Brazel v The Harpur Trust, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the ACAS guidance in respect of paying part-time employees and workers on irregular hours a...

Gender Pay Gap Reporting – are you ready?

PostedApril 19, 2017

If you are an employer with 250 employees or more you are likely to be aware that regulations came into force on 6 April 2017 requiring large employers in the...