Statutory maternity, paternity and sick pay confirmed for 2025
Nov 22, 2024 · The 2025-26 rates for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and sick pay have been published by the government. The new rates will take effect on 6 April 2025. Statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental pay will go up nominally from £184.03 to £187.18 a week.
Flexible working changes 2024: How the new law works
Mar 7, 2024 · Changes to employees’ rights to ask for flexible working are due to come into force on 6 April 2024 when the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 becomes law.
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The 10 strangest employment tribunal cases of 2024 - Personnel …
Dec 6, 2024 · 3 Lecturer unfairly dismissed for leaving work early. Later in the month, a further education lecturer was awarded more than £50,000 after he was unfairly dismissed for bringing lessons forward in order to leave work early.. An employment tribunal unanimously decided that Mr Barbrook would not have been dismissed by New City College in Hornchurch, east London, had a fair disciplinary ...
Holiday pay reforms in 2025: what HR needs to know - Personnel …
Dec 16, 2024 · Following the holiday pay reforms announced in January 2024, employers need to be mindful that calculations for holiday entitlement and pay could change for those whose holiday year starts from January 2025.. Everyone who processes a payroll is hopefully aware that the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has issued guidance on these changes to the working time regulations.
What are the models of organisational culture? - Personnel Today
Jan 19, 2023 · There are several models that seek to explain the principles underpinning organisational culture, but the most well-known are the theories developed by Handy, Schein and Hofstede.HR can use these workplace culture models to help define, shape or influence the culture of their organisation.
Five key questions on the Employment Rights Bill - Personnel Today
Oct 3, 2024 · Employment law experts suggest that the government is likely to publish the Employment Rights Bill on 10 October, living up to its promise of delivering legislation (at least in draft) within 100 days of coming into power.
Consultation: Changes to statutory sick pay - Personnel Today
Oct 22, 2024 · Removing waiting days is a priority, say ministers, because presenteeism costs the economy tens of billions of pounds each year. Here, the government cites an Institute for Public Policy Research paper which reports that employees last year lost 43.6 productive days – 11 on average due to presenteeism but 6.7 days through absenteeism. In 2018, 34.8 days were
Budget 2024: Employers’ national insurance up to 15%
Oct 30, 2024 · Autumn budget 2024: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed that there will be a rise in employers’ national insurance contributions to 15%.
2024: the year’s biggest news in employment and HR
Dec 13, 2024 · 2 January Doctors strike leaves NHS ‘skating on the thin ice’. 10 January Gender critical social worker wins tribunal case. 11 January Post Office scandal reveals serious flaws in leadership. ITV dramatisation Alan Bates vs the Post Office draws public attention to the vast miscarriage of justice. 17 January Capita pulls out of real Living Wage. 19 January Tata Steel announces it will ...