HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has launched a 12-week call for evidence on Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Settlement Agreements (PSAs), inviting employers, payroll agents, tax advisers and software providers to share how these arrangements work in practice. Opened on 23 June 2026 and running until 15 September 2026, the consultation aims to address variations […]
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has upheld a previous employment tribunal decision that Addison Lee drivers are not self-employed and are in fact workers, entitled to the National Minimum Wage and holiday pay. The judgment agreed with the employment tribunal’s finding that three Addison Lee drivers should be classified as workers. It confirmed that the “unrealistic terms […]
Read articleThe heirs of workers who die while in an employment relationship have the right to financial compensation in lieu of the worker’s untaken paid annual leave, found the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). In Wuppertal v Bauer and Willmeroth Broßonn the CJEU held that the Working Time Directive and the Charter of Fundamental Rights […]
Read articleEdinburgh City Council has been heavily criticised after it emerged that it had overpaid staff by around £700,000 during the past two years. The council’s director of resources, Stephen Moir, explained to The Scotsman that the council has a highly complicated set of pay arrangements, with a range of variable payments and around 5,000 individual shift patterns […]
Read articleIndividuals can be liable for the unlawful dismissal of a whistle-blower, along with the employer, the Court of Appeal has confirmed. In Timis and anor V Osipovthe claimant CEO made several protected disclosures about corporate governance matters. A few months later, one of the company’s Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) emailed another NED telling him to dismiss the […]
Read articleEmployment law firm Leigh Day, is seeking compensation for those who work in the supermarket’s stores (mainly women) who believe they are paid less than those working in distribution centres (mainly men), for equal work. This latest announcement follows a series of cases launched by the law firm against the other supermarket giants, including Asda, Sainsbury’s […]
Read articleEmployment tribunal fees may be reintroduced if the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) can find a balance that helps to fund the court system, while also being ‘proportionate and progressive’. Speaking at a House of Commons Justice Committee meeting, Richard Heaton, permanent secretary at the MoJ, explained that although nothing was set in stone and there […]
Read articleAn employer’s decision to issue an employee with a disciplinary warning, after she had 60 days off sick in 12 months, amounted to discrimination arising from disability. The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) found in favour of an employee (O) who received a disciplinary after she reached six times the trigger point of the employer’s sickness […]
Read articleHMRC has updated its draft guidance for employers providing electric charging points for employee use. The exemption for workplace charging is published in the Finance Bill 2018 to 2019 and has effect from 6 April 2018. The exemption covers: the cost of electricity, the cost to the employer of providing the charging facilities, and any connected services. […]
Read articleThe UK Home Office has reportedly written to more than 17,000 companies to request that they register on the Modern Slavery Contact Database by November 18. Every UK organisation with a total annual turnover of £36 million or more is required to produce a Modern Slavery statement for each financial year. As such, they are encouraged to […]
Read articleThe amount that smaller businesses will need to contribute through co-investment of Apprenticeship funding will half from 10 per cent to five per cent, the Chancellor has announced. It’s important to note, however, that this has no effect on larger businesses who pay a levy amount through their payroll returns each month. In the 2018 […]
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