April is not the only month when legislative changes are introduced – employers and employees should be aware of the following changes, which were implemented on 1st October 2016: National Minimum Wage– the standard adult rate for workers aged 21 and over increased to £6.95, the development rate for those aged 18-20 to £5.55, the young…
As you may or may not be aware, each year in April the Government introduces new legislation in respect of employment rights and responsibilities. Below is a summary of the key changes being implemented this month. National Living Wage From 1st April 2016, workers aged 25 and over are entitled to the ‘national living wage’…
In September last year I wrote about the problem of what have been described as “revolving door managers” in the NHS. Settlement payments have amounted to a shocking £1.6 billion, often paid to employees who were re-employed in virtually the same or similar jobs with weeks or months. Faced with a problem on such a…
There has been a good deal of media coverage concerning the threat of public sector industrial action over pay. In this context, a new report by the Office for National Statistics provides an interesting contribution to the debate. In July, the ONS published a report attempting to compare public and private sector pay (“Estimating Differences…