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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:

Alan’s Big (25 mile) Charity Hike

Alan Kitto

Two years ago PulseHR’s founder Alan received the news that no-one wants to hear, that he had cancer, kidney cancer to be specific. 

A precautionary ultrasound scan found a tennis ball sized malignant tumour which was ultimately removed along with the kidney. 

Two years on, there’s no sign of secondary disease and now it’s time to say thank you to those people who made the recovery possible and raise some money for Cancer Research UK for their amazing and critical research. 

On 11th September Alan will be taking part in the Cancer Research UK Big Hike, a 25 mile walk in the Brecon Beacons taking in Pen y Fan as part of the route. 

It’d be great if you’re able support his effort and donate to his fundraising page and help him reach his target of raising £1,000, £40 per mile. 

All donations gratefully received. Click here to go to Alan’s fundraising page.

Alan has another free place for the hike if anyone wants to join him and support Cancer Research UK themsves; if you’re interested, let Alan know. 

Thanks in advance 

Developing Effective Virtual Teams

Alan Kitto

With more and more companies looking at employees working from home or splitting their working time between work and home, virtual teams are certainly here to stay and developing them to be successful brings its own challenges.

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Interim Right to Work Arrangements

Alan Kitto

The Government has confirmed that the interim arrangements for carrying out right to work in the UK checks will continue until 20th June 2021, the day before the Prime Minister has announced that all COVID-19 restrictions will end, in England at least.

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Addison Lee Drivers Are Workers Too

Alan Kitto

Within the last few days, the Court of Appeal has ruled - entirely consistently with the above Supreme Court judgement - in Addison Lee v Lange that its drivers are also workers and not self-employed contractors whilst logged in to the Addison Lee app, again irrespective of whether they were carrying a fare or not.

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'Reasonable Steps' to be Able to Defend Harassment Claims

Alan Kitto

A recent EAT (Alley v Gehlan) ruling answered the question: Can an employer rely on the 'reasonable steps' defence to harassment where it provided training to the perpetrator of harassment and other employees?

Not where that training had become ‘stale’ and needed refreshing, was the answer.

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Uber Drivers are Workers, say the Supreme Court

Alan Kitto

In what has been a long and arduous journey for both parties, we’ve finally reached the end of the legal road in the matter of Uber vs. Aslam as the Supreme Court hands down its judgement that Uber drivers are in fact workers and not self-employed from the point that they switch on their app to the point they switch it off.

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New PulseHQ

Alan Kitto

We’re pleased to announce that with effect from today, PulseHQ willow be in Chepstow in the recent finished Engine Rooms development.

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IR35 - Changes from April 2021

Alan Kitto

You may well recall that the changes to IR35 legislation, such that it will now apply to medium and large private sector companies, due to come in to force in April 2020 were delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, until April 2021.

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Merry Christmas from PulseHR

Alan Kitto

As Christmas draws ever closer, I wanted to take the opportunity to of saying that it’s been a huge pleasure working with you this year, in what has to be one of the most challenging years in living memory, and I hope that you’re able to recharge your spent batteries over the Christmas period ready for what I feel sure has to be a better 2021, irrespective of how it starts.

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Hotel Group Receives £432,000 in Legal Costs

Alan Kitto

A question that we are regularly asked by clients faced with an Employment Tribunal claim is, will the claimant have to pay our legal costs in the event that we successfully defend their claim(s) or vice versa, will the employer have to pick up the claimant’s costs if they win.

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ICO Guidance on Dealing with Data Subject Access Requests

Alan Kitto

Last week the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published some long-awaited direction for employers faced with a data subject access request (SAR). This guidance does not change the law as it currently stands, but instead offers some clarification on some of the more ambiguous points.

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