Employment Law Archives - Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan Chartered Accountants Wigan Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-Elver_consultancy_symbol_CMYK_blue-32x32.jpg Employment Law Archives - Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan 32 32 Implications of the General Election result for employment law https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/implications-of-the-general-election-result-for-employment-law/ Thu, 19 Dec 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18661 With the Conservative Party having won a majority in the General Election 2019, this has the following implications for employment law reform:

Manifesto commitments

The Conservative Party’s manifesto promised

The post Implications of the General Election result for employment law appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]> Updated calculator on calculating holiday entitlement https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/updated-calculator-on-calculating-holiday-entitlement/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18602 The Government has published a revised holiday entitlement calculator, intended as a temporary replacement while the original calculator “undergoes maintenance”, to enable workers to calculate the minimum

The post Updated calculator on calculating holiday entitlement appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]> Who can be a salaried member https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/who-can-be-a-salaried-member/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18542 The salaried member legislation can apply to certain members of a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP). This can happen where HMRC consider that a member of an LLP is not a risk-taking partner and can be re-classified as

The post Who can be a salaried member appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]> Lump sums paid in continuing employment https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/lump-sums-paid-in-continuing-employment/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18380 A lump sum payment can sometimes be made in lieu of all or part of an employee’s salary, wage, commission or other amounts to which they are entitled by virtue of their employment. Under these circumstances, the

The post Lump sums paid in continuing employment appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]> What does the Queen’s Speech mean for employment law? https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/what-does-the-queens-speech-mean-for-employment-law/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18339 The Queen’s Speech 2019 outlined several Brexit-related Bills, including an Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill, designed to end free movement within the UK after Brexit and to lay

The post What does the Queen’s Speech mean for employment law? appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]> National Living/Minimum Wage entitlement https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/national-living-minimum-wage-entitlement/ Wed, 16 Oct 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18341 A reminder that the current National Minimum Wage (NMW) and National Living Wage (NLW) rates came into effect on 1 April 2019. The NLW is the minimum hourly rate that must be paid to those aged 25 or over. The current

The post National Living/Minimum Wage entitlement appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]> Immigration rights of EEA citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/immigration-rights-of-eea-citizens-in-the-event-of-a-no-deal-brexit/ Thu, 12 Sep 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18217 The Government has now announced the revised transitional arrangements that will apply in the event of a no-deal Brexit to EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their close family members arriving in the UK after Brexit,

The post Immigration rights of EEA citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]> Government to end free movement if a no-deal Brexit https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/government-to-end-free-movement-if-a-no-deal-brexit/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18116 If the UK leaves the EU without a deal in place on 31 October 2019, EU, EEA and Swiss citizens (and their family members) who are living in the UK by this date will still be eligible to apply for settled or pre-settled

The post Government to end free movement if a no-deal Brexit appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]> The importance of a written contract https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/the-importance-of-a-written-contract/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18130 The importance of having a written contract when deciding employment status should not be understated. Failing to make proper provision for written contracts can mean relying on oral agreements, which are obviously much

The post The importance of a written contract appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]> Pregnant women and new parents to get enhanced redundancy protections https://www.elverconsultancy.co.uk/pregnant-women-and-new-parents-to-get-enhanced-redundancy-protections/ Thu, 08 Aug 2019 04:00:00 +0000 http://im-18021 The government has published its response to its January 2019 consultation on “pregnancy and maternity discrimination: extending redundancy protection for women and new parents” and has confirmed that it will

The post Pregnant women and new parents to get enhanced redundancy protections appeared first on Elver Consultancy Chartered Accountants Wigan.

]]>