Small firms reminded of recent employment law changes

Following a raft of changes to UK employment law, small business owners are being urged to update their working practices and avoid potential penalties. On April 6 important changes to the law, including increases in statutory sick pay, changes in tax rates and the end of most employers’ abilities to forcibly retire staff, were introduced [...]

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Ramsdens Solicitors in Facebook alert

A SOLICITOR in Huddersfield has urged bosses to think carefully about whether or not to ban staff from using social networking sites at work. Almost half of employers have banned their staff from accessing sites such as Facebook and Twitter during office hours, says a survey. Gareth Dando, head of employment at Ramsdens Solicitors with [...]

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National Minimum Wage to increase

Almost a million of the UK’s poorest workers will welcome further increases to the National Minimum Wage (NMW) following a Government announcement last week. Comments made by the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC), established to advise the Government on NMW rates, have been accepted by David Cameron’s Government, and from October 1, 2011 the following [...]

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