Human Resources

Where Friendship Grows Friendships sprout in the most unlikely of places, am I right? The postman, the bus driver, physio, the older person who walks the dog at the same…

Over the past few months, we have all seen the importance of care workers who have put themselves on the front line to provide support to their clients throughout the…

On 6 April 2020, the legal position on calculating holiday pay changed. Most importantly, the reference period to calculate a ‘week’s pay’ for the purposes of calculating holiday pay has…

As of 6 April 2020, a number of changes were made to Section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 which governs what should be included in the written statement…

Overview Over the years, case law has helped Tribunals and Employers understand the implications of their processes and procedures and how they correlate with the statute in force. A twofold…

Shared Parental Leave (“SPL”) has been around since 2015 but uptake on it has been minimal. As a result, when employers are required to deal with an application for SPL…

Social media use has been on a rapid incline in recent years. In March 2017 there were over 1.94 billion active users on Facebook, and that is only one form…

March saw the publication of the new Parental Leave Policy and Procedure for QCS members. There is generally a lot of confusion around the types of family leave which are…