Articles by ‘Gemma Ospedale’

Our Employment & Immigration team brings its monthly review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News This months newsletter provides readers with new around: Code of Practice on Flexible Working Shared parental leave…

Following the 2008 global financial crash, and in a bid to prevent future financial crises, the EU introduced regulations to cap banker’s bonuses to two times their annual salaries. However, on 24 October 2023,…

A newly released judgment from the Supreme Court widens the scope of holiday pay claims for workers and employees. Up until this decision the time limit for employees or workers to bring claims for…

Monday’s recent edition of the Racing Post saw some welcome publicity for a phenomenal new initiative designed to improve the quality of the working lives of people in the racing industry

Our Employment & HR team brings the October review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News  This months newsletter provides readers with new around: Annual leave and holiday pay Long-term sickness statistics Neonatal…

When we left the European Union there was speculation that the government would rethink some of the legislation which we had been forced to adopt as a result of being members. While much of…

Our Employment & HR team brings the second part of June’s review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News:  The government has announced a number of important changes that it is proposing to…

Our Employment & HR team brings June’s review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News:  The annual changes to the national minimum and living wage took effect from 1 April 2023 as follows:…

Tesco – the introduction of fire and rehire You may remember the dispute over the practice of fire and rehire which reached the Court of Appeal in the case of the union, USDAW and…

The Government has announced the commencement of consultation into the calculation of holiday pay for part-time/part-year workers, following the Supreme Court decision in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel, which held that those…

Our Employment & HR team brings January’s review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News:  The Government has announced the commencement of consultation into the calculation of holiday pay for part time/part year…