A legal guide to rent-a-chair agreements in salons
Understand the legal aspects of rent-a-chair agreements in salons with our guide, including how to draft, negotiate and enforce rent-a-chair agreements to ensure legal compliance.
Green Book and Burgundy Book regulations: a guide for HR professionals
In this article, we’ll take a look at the differences between the Burgundy Book and Green Book rules and regulations, and how these can affect things like maternity leave and sick pay for teachers in employment.
Smoking Breaks and the Law
Wednesday 13 March 2024 is National Non Smoking Day, so with this in mind, here’s our guidance on smoking breaks, equal break rights for non-smokers, and what UK law says about smoking breaks.
Do companies need an anti-bribery and corruption policy?
While it is not a legal requirement to have a bribery policy in place for a business, if bribery does occur within an organisation, a defence will not be available without an effective policy in place.
Creating a mobile phone policy for your workplace
A mobile phone policy is a set of guidelines that many employers introduce to manage staff mobile phone use when working. Here are some things to consider when creating a mobile phone policy for your workplace.
A Guide to Employer’s Liability Insurance – ELCI for UK Businesses
Employer’s Liability Compulsory Insurance (ELCI) is a legally mandated insurance that protects employers against claims from employees who suffer an injury or illness due to their work. Any employer with one or more employees generally needs to have this insurance. Read on to understand why ELCI is a non-negotiable legal requirement if you employ even […]
How To Handle Work Related Social Events
Tasked with improving team spirit, arranging the Christmas party, or just wondering how to handle work related social events as an employer? Read on for our tips to navigate your next work social to ensure that the event is handled in a way that is fair and respectful of all employees, whilst maximising the potential […]
Contractors And IR35 – What Business Owners Need To Know
The IR35 tax legislation also referred to as off-payroll working rules, changed on 6 April 2021. Since then, all public authorities, medium and large-sized clients are responsible for deciding the employment status of workers (sometimes known as contractors) and collecting appropriate taxes if IR35 rules apply. This means that certain businesses that use contractors must […]
Menopause – Support In The Workplace
The Nuffield Health Group state that around 13 million women in the UK are either perimenopausal or post-menopausal and dealing with menopause symptoms that can last up to 15 years. As an employer, even if you don’t know much about menopause yourself, these figures alone show that a large proportion of your workforce could be […]
Data Protection
Employers are one of the biggest processors of personal and sensitive data. This means that data protection laws have a huge impact on how data is obtained, stored and managed during everyday HR employment practices including; recruitment and selection, employee record keeping, performance monitoring, employee health and sickness, and more. The UK Data Protection […]
