The eagerly-awaited Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices has now been published, touching on a wide range of areas of employment law. In this 116
BLOG With many of us looking forward to jetting off to the sun and sand, your business may be left short staffed over summer. It
The use of agency workers by UK companies is being questioned by MPs. As part of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s inquiry into
Blog For employers, what is most attractive about using agency workers is that there are fewer obligations than when employing permanent staff. But is it
Employees have the right to time off work for a number of statutory reasons, including time off for public duties. Nature of the right Employees
BLOG Written on 6 February 2024 The Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires certain large organisations to produce a ‘slavery and human trafficking statement’ on an
The law allows eligible employees to request time off work for study or training purposes. Do you know what the law says? Read our Q&A.
Research from the think tank Resolution Foundation has highlighted that there are currently 865,000 agency workers – this number has increased by 30% in the
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Ministers have ordered a crackdown on employers in the so-called gig economy who use a high number of self-employed or agency workers amid concerns about
