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For more than 10 years we have provided companies of all sizes and in a variety of sectors with uncomplicated, innovative and affordable human resources advice and on-site support ensuring that your people are an asset to your company and not a liability.

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With the National Minimum Wage (NMW) now almost fifteen years old, and with another increase pending on 1st April 2017 HMRC have issued a list of the most elaborate excuses they've been given by employers for not paying the appropriate rates:

Keeping Tabs on Social Media

Alan Kitto

Social media has many of us hooked. In many ways that's a great thing as there are all sorts of personal and commercial benefits to be gained from being active online. But as an employer you won't be alone in feeling anxious when it comes to these mediums of communication, wanting to ensure that your employees' efforts are properly channelled.

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Terrorist Firearms and Weapons Attack

Alan Kitto

Firearms and Weapons attacks are rare in the UK. 

The UK Government’s STAY SAFE principles tell you some simple actions to consider at an incident and the information that armed officers may need in the event of a weapons or firearm attack.  Download more details here

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Employment Status

Alan Kitto

There have been a number of cases reported in the press recently dealing with a grey area of employment law, that of Employment Status; these cases include Pimlico Plumbers and Charlie Mullins vs. Gary Smith and Uber vs Aslam ...

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Employment Law Update

Alan Kitto

April is one of the two months of the year (along with October) when typically we see changes to employment legislation. From 6th April 2017 ... 

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Congratulations Bevan ..

Alan Kitto

We're delighted that Bevan has now successfully completed the first stage of his professional qualifications, having last night passed his CIPD Certificate in HR Practice. 

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Agreed Reference Wording

Alan Kitto

Where agreed reference wording exists, it's imperative that employers respond to requests in accordance with their agreement, whether in writing or on the telephone; there are no 'off the record' conversations ... 

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What Counts Towards a 'Week's Pay' When Capping ET Compensation?

Alan Kitto

A claimant's losses will calculated according to the sums that they could reasonably have expected to received, had they remained in employment. This can include bonus payments (even if they are discretionary) and commission.

The extent to which commission and bonus payments may be taken in to account in calculating a 'week's pay' (i.e. when applying the statutory cap) is often difficult to determine under the Employment Rights Act 1996, but there are three key questions ...

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The Possible Effect of Brexit on Employment Law

Alan Kitto

The UK Government has released the attached briefing paper on the possible effects of Brexit on UK employment law. Whilst this doesn't state what will change, the table on page eight lists the current EU employment laws that are enforced on UK legislation that would no longer be in the event that we were no longer EU members.

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Pokemon GO or Should It Be Pokemon GO Away!

Alan Kitto

US aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing has already banned employees from playing Pokemon GO during working hours, having discovered that the app had been installed on more than 100 work phones since its release, and that one person was almost injured whilst playing it at work.

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