4/30/2025 2:44:54 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Government consultation on mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting By Chris Cuckney 30 March and 4 April are the annual reporting deadlines by which large employers have to report their gender pay gap information. As we...
4/28/2025 1:36:39 PM Tackling fraud is a "top priority" of the Government By Nikki Bowker Lord Hanson, Minister of State with Responsibility for Fraud, gave the keynote address at the recent Fraud Conference 2025: Theory into...
4/25/2025 2:47:14 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Government Crackdown on Illegal Working in the Gig Economy. By Chris Cuckney Most people are aware that there are severe consequences for employing someone who does not have the right to work in the UK. Employing...
4/22/2025 1:14:54 PM Gourlay v West Dunbartonshire Council - A Tribunal’s decision to reduce a claimant’s compensation was based on “perverse conclusions and material errors of law” By Chris Cuckney In a recent judgment in the case of Gourlay v West Dunbartonshire Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has provided useful guidance...
4/9/2025 4:08:11 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Vento Bands: Awards for injury to feelings increased By Katie Maguire The Vento Bands, used to provide guidance for injury to feelings awards, increased on 6 April 2025. New Vento Bands For claims brought...
4/2/2025 9:00:41 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: The principles of conduct dismissals following Hewston v Ofsted By Chris Cuckney Giving judgment earlier this month in the case of Hewston v Ofsted, the Court of Appeal has handed down a helpful reminder to employers...
3/24/2025 2:51:30 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: New Statutory Rates in April 2025 By Chris Cuckney As the start of a new tax year approaches there will be an increase to the statutory rates payable for certain employment rights that...
3/21/2025 8:16:37 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Indirect Discrimination and childcare disparity following Marston (Holdings) Ltd v Perkins By Chris Cuckney Indirect discrimination remains an important consideration for businesses who are looking to implement new workplace policies or ways of...
3/13/2025 12:09:45 PM Employment & Pensions Blog: Amendments to the Employment Rights Bill By Chris Cuckney In October 2024 the Government published the now famous Employment Rights Bill. The Government has since consulted on almost every aspect...
3/6/2025 9:01:32 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Ramadan 2025: Supporting workers in the workplace By Chris Cuckney The holy month of Ramadan started on 28 February 2025 and will conclude on the evening of 30 March 2025. For millions of practicing...
2/27/2025 11:03:56 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Statutory Neonatal Care Leave and Pay By Chris Cuckney In our blog at the turn of the year we highlighted that one of the significant changes this year would be the introduction of a new right...
2/21/2025 9:31:43 AM Employment & Pensions Blog: Withholding important information in job applications following Easton v Secretary of State for the Home Office By Chris Cuckney Most people know someone who has withheld information in their C.V. or job application that they’d rather not have to explain to a future...