If you are employed and earning more than £10,000 a year as a housekeeper, or indeed any job, you are entitled to be enrolled in the Auto-Enrolment workplace pension scheme. This government programme aims to ensure that you are paying into a pension. The BIG plus...
Has Your Employer Ever Reduced Your Holiday Entitlement Because You Were Off Sick If so, it was not only unfair, it was illegal. As an employed person, you do not need to be at work to accrue annual holiday leave. You can be off work for a...
If so, then life may be easier for you in the future, thanks to a Supreme Court Ruling. Until now, information on past old and minor offences has been given to employers and potential employers in Standard and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. But...
Care of elderly in the spotlight again. New research shows that almost half a million carers for elderly, ill or disabled relatives have quit in the last two years due to the pressures involved. Carers UK, the main membership charity in the United Kingdom for carers,...
Massive rise in fines for pension auto-enrolment errors During the last financial year the number of fines for Pension Auto-Enrolment errors shot up to 35,810 from 14,650 the previous year. The reason..? The expansion after 2017 of the enrolment scheme to employers of less than 50 people...
A report by London Fire Brigade on fire safety in London residential care homes has highlighted a series of worrying issues which resulted in 57% of 177 homes being given formal notification to address the issues. In April 2017 a Cheshunt care home in Hertfordshire was...
It’s only fair isn’t it, a member of your domestic staff has been off sick for a while, so can you reduce their holiday entitlement? The answer is No. It is not only unfair it is illegal and could leave you open to a tribunal...
Information on past old and minor offences has, until now, been given to employers and potential employers in Standard and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. But the Supreme Court has ruled in favour of three people who said their lives had been held...
Greater Protection For Pregnant Women. When a pregnant woman or new parents return to work - as a member of domestic staff -they can receive a widely differing reception. “It’s good to see you back” to “Hmm the girl doing maternity cover did a much better...
