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- International Workplace
- 16 January 2020
Government launches IR35 review
As previously reported, the government has launched a review of changes to off-payroll working rules to address any concerns from businesses and affected individuals about how they will be implemented. The Whitehall review will determine if any f...
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- International Workplace
- 16 January 2020
Non-smoking employees win four-day holiday bonus
In a move to incentivise employees to give up smoking, a UK employer has hit the headlines by offering non-smokers an extra four days’ holiday than their smoking colleagues. Speaking to the Daily Mail, Don Bryden, Managing Director of KCJ T...
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- International Workplace
- 16 January 2020
Retailer fined for data security failure
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined DSG Retail Limited (DSG) £500,000 after a ‘point of sale’ computer system was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting at least 14 million people. An ICO in...
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- International Workplace
- 8 January 2020
Stronger enforcement needed as minimum wage underpayment grows
Stronger enforcement of the minimum wage is needed as underpayment is rising, and fines for those underpaying are too low, according to new research published by the Resolution Foundation. Under the wage floor says that the huge success of the UK...
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- International Workplace
- 8 January 2020
World faces 100-year wait for gender parity
The time it will take to close the gender gap narrowed to 99.5 years in 2019. While an improvement on 2018 – when the gap was calculated to take 108 years to close – it still means parity between men and women across health, education,...
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- International Workplace
- 8 January 2020
UK Government announces rise in minimum wage
Low-paid workers will receive a 6.2% pay rise with a new National Living Wage (NLW) of £8.72 per hour, the biggest cash increase ever, the government has announced. Nearly three million workers are set to benefit from the increases to the N...