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While EU laws will still be in force after Brexit, there are no guarantees that they will stay that way. In the longer term this and future UK governments will be free to change them if they wish to do so. The Prime Minister has hinted that the laws regarding how holiday pay is calculated …
Read the full Story “One Of The Post-Brexit Questions Arising From Employers Concerns Holiday Arrangements”

It’s a question that some employers who have had employment tribunal judgements given against them may well be asking. And does the compensation award granted still stand? We can clarify the situation here for you. All pre-Brexit judgements will remain binding on all UK courts except for the Supreme Court. However any new European Court …
Read the full Story “Will A Tribunal Judgement My Former Employee Won Still Stand Post-Brexit?”

Where do your domestic and household staff rate on the sickness ladder? Of course staff are off sick from time to time and as an employer of domestic/household staff you accept this, but where do they sit on the average time-off ladder? To know if you are being subject to a fair deal, you need …
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The answer, as it is in many cases, is …it all depends … in this case on their reason for not working their notice. If their contract of employment states that they must work out their notice period, if they fail to do  so, they are in effect, in breach of that contract. And unless …
Read the full Story “A Member Of Your Domestic Staff Resigns, But Leaves Before Working Their Notice Period Do You Have To Pay Them?”

Don’t be the one in twenty. Despite considerable publicity regarding employer obligations to employees, including of course, domestic and household staff, too often the rules on paid holidays and payslip provision are flouted. According to the Resolution ThinkTank, about one in 20 employees do not get paid holidays and one in 10 does not receive …
Read the full Story “Don’t Be The One in Twenty”

The £30,000 per annum pre-tax salary threshold for migrant workers  post-Brexit may be reviewed, employers of domestic staff will be interested to learn. The possible change to the threshold has been announced by Home Secretary Sajid Javid. The present focus on £30,000 originated  last year (2018) when the Home Secretary announced that those from EU …
Read the full Story “EU Migrant Post-Brexit Salary Threshold May Be Reviewed”

Would YOU give special consideration to a female domestic staff member suffering from period pain? Coexist, a Bristol-based arts centre, became the first in the UK  to offer formal period leave to women so they could work flexibly around their cycle. Now, one national broadcaster, Emma Barnett, has claimed that If men had periods, they …
Read the full Story “Could You Be A Trend Setter?”

Parents of premature babies could be given “neonatal leave” to spend more time with their children once they have left hospital. The plans, which to date have not been been passed into law, were recently announced by former PM Theresa May as part of her “legacy.” Mrs. May said that it is neither fair or …
Read the full Story “Parent Of Premature Babies May Be Given New Leave Rights…….”

Historically employers have been able to check on the criminal backgrounds of those they may employ by obtaining a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check. However, that may change with potential repercussions for those employing domestic and household who, by the nature of the job, are in very close proximity to their family. Justice Secretary, David …
Read the full Story “WILL YOU KNOW THE CRIMINAL HISTORY OF THOSE YOU EMPLOY?”