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Holiday rights if you work irregular hours or term-time only
Holiday rights if you work irregular hours or term-time only
From January 2024 the Working Time Regulations 1998 (the regulations) were amended to contain specific rules for two types of workers —…
Lisa Crivello
Jun 20
Health and Care visa workers: what problems do they face at work and how can advisers help them?
Health and Care visa workers: what problems do they face at work and how can advisers help them?
The social care sector is notorious for low pay and poor working conditions, causing difficulty in staff recruitment and retention. In…
Stephanie McKeon
Dec 13, 2023
How can I help my client recover their unpaid wages?
How can I help my client recover their unpaid wages?
Wages problems for the generalist adviser
Stephanie McKeon
Mar 29, 2023
Has a new window opened on historical holiday pay claims?
Has a new window opened on historical holiday pay claims?
This a revised article initially written by Matthew Bradbury in February 2018 after the European Court of Justice ruling in King v Sash…
Lisa Crivello
Jul 19, 2022
Recovery of training costs from clients by employers — when it may be unlawful and options for…
Recovery of training costs from clients by employers — when it may be unlawful and options for…
Christine Peacock examines the situations in which employers can and cannot recover training costs from workers.
Christine Peacock
Jan 4, 2022
How does employment law apply to Fixed Term Contracts?
How does employment law apply to Fixed Term Contracts?
In this article Lisa Crivello looks at the protections given to employees working on fixed term contracts and discusses how their rights…
Lisa Crivello
Dec 15, 2021
Compulsory covid vaccinations in English care homes
Compulsory covid vaccinations in English care homes
In this long form article, Lisa Crivello explores the implications of the change in the law regarding mandatory vaccines in care homes.
Lisa Crivello
Oct 19, 2021
Collective redundancy situations and claiming a protective award
Collective redundancy situations and claiming a protective award
In this article Christine Peacock looks at the law on collective redundancy situations and what employees can do if an employer gets it…
Christine Peacock
Mar 30, 2021
Collective redundancy and protective awards — how to bring a successful claim
Collective redundancy and protective awards — how to bring a successful claim
This article accompanies the collective redundancy article by Christine Peacock
Christine Peacock
Mar 30, 2021
Zero-hour Contracts and Redundancy Pay
Zero-hour Contracts and Redundancy Pay
A guide to deciphering whether a zero-hour worker is entitled to redundancy pay.
Lizzie Letley
Mar 30, 2021
Back to school
Back to school
An employee’s guide to safeguarding rules
Stephanie McKeon
Dec 1, 2020
Advising a client who has been dismissed for misconduct
Advising a client who has been dismissed for misconduct
A long form article examining the fairness in conduct dismissals.
Matthew Bradbury
Jan 29, 2020
An employment law retrospective: the good, the great and the law
An employment law retrospective: the good, the great and the law
A long-form article on how employment law has changed since Adviser magazine was launched in 1986.
Jo Chimes
Sep 26, 2019
Holiday pay calculation for term-time only and other ‘part year’ workers
Holiday pay calculation for term-time only and other ‘part year’ workers
A case law update on the Court of Appeal’s decision in Brazel v The Harpur Trust
Matthew Bradbury
Sep 4, 2019
When is an employer liable for other people’s discrimination against its employees?
When is an employer liable for other people’s discrimination against its employees?
A long form article to help advisers identify whether discrimination at work is unlawful
Tracey Moss
Jul 24, 2019
What will a client be paid if they are off sick in their notice period?
What will a client be paid if they are off sick in their notice period?
A how to guide to a client’s right to notice pay if they are dismissed or resign when they are off sick
Tracey Moss
Jul 10, 2019
Resources for discrimination advice
Resources for discrimination advice
A how to guide on why every adviser should be giving discrimination advice and how our discrimination toolkits can help them
Emma Wilkinson
Jul 5, 2019
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