The government has published updated guidance on workplace rights to help stakeholders prepare for the UK leaving the EU without a deal in place. The guidance confirms that, in most cases, there will be no changes to workplace rights if there is a no-deal Brexit. However, there will be some changes to the rules on

A record number of disabled workers were supported by the Access to Work scheme in 2018. The government’s new figures reveal that 36,240 people received an Access to Work grant in 2018, with government spending totalling £129.1 million. Access to Work is a government-run scheme that breaks down workplace barriers for workers who are disabled,

The Government is consulting on the options for establishing a single labour market enforcement body to improve the enforcement of employment rights for vulnerable workers and to create a level playing field for the majority of businesses who are complying with the law. The consultation follows on from the Good Work Plan and it proposes

Following its consultation in March 2019 on proposed new measures to prevent the misuse of confidentiality clauses, also known as non-disclosure agreements or NDAs, in situations of workplace harassment or discrimination, the government has now announced that new legislation will be introduced to tackle the misuse of NDAs in the workplace. These reforms to NDAs

Every three years, employers must put certain eligible workers who have left their automatic enrolment workplace pension scheme back into it. This is called re-enrolment. Employers must also complete and submit a re-declaration of compliance to tell The Pensions Regulator (TPR) how they have met their re-enrolment duties, even if they do not have any

Following the Prime Minister’s recent announcement about a new package of measures to tackle the barriers faced by disabled people in the workplace, the government has now launched a public consultation, entitled “Health is everyone’s business”, to explore the different ways in which action can be taken to reduce ill health-related job loss.   The

Three men have been jailed for a total of more than 7 years for smuggling cigarettes. A fourth man was sentenced to a 15-month community order, 200 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay costs of £1,200. The ringleader of the gang was caught with more than nine million illegal cigarettes and £356,185 in cash

1 July 2019 – Due date for Corporation Tax due for the year ended 30 September 2018. 6 July 2019 – Complete and submit forms P11D return of benefits and expenses and P11D(b) return of Class 1A NICs. 19 July 2019 – Pay Class 1A NICs (by the 22 July 2019 if paid electronically). 19

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The government has announced that the date of next year’s early May bank holiday is to move from Monday, 4 May to Friday, 8 May to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day. This is only the second time ever that the early May bank holiday has been moved – the first was in 1995