Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that charging employees fees to bring employment tribunal cases is unlawful. The fees were introduced in 2013, and charged individuals up to £1,200 to make a claim....

The short answer is yes – but this isn’t anything to do with Brexit. This isn’t a new requirement, but given our current sensitive European situation such requests need to be handled with care. All...

Last week saw an outsourcing firm update its policy on the requirement for women in certain roles to wear high heels after a massive media and public backlash against their former policy.  Their...

With the rise and rise of social media and mobile devises in the workplace employers are rightly concerned about the impact of such casual social commentary in the workplace.  What if an employee...

Leaving the EU will have its impact on all areas of our lives as UK citizens, but what about the world of work? The truth is that there will be some changes but the impact is yet to be known and...

I recently talked to a local employer who had to pay HMRC over £14,000 in taxes.  The contractor working with them had failed to pay his taxes for 5 years and HMRC could see that he wasn’t a...