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    • Top 10 Settlement Agreement tips for employers
      04/10/2024
      Top 10 Settlement Agreement tips for employers

      The purpose of a Settlement Agreement is to bring an employment relationship to an end by mutual agreement. Here are our top 10 tips for moving people on with settlement agreements.

    • My employer is advertising my job. Where do I stand?
      04/10/2024
      My employer is advertising my job. Where do I stand?

      ARAG Law’s Lauren Woolf explains what to do if you find out your employer has been advertising your job without informing you that you are being dismissed.

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    • International Stress Awareness Month: Your workplace rights
      04/10/2024
      International Stress Awareness Month: Your workplace rights

      To mark International Stress Awareness Month, Sarah Garner takes a look at what the law says your employer needs to do about workplace stress.

    • How “purpose or reasonable effect” can affect workplace harassment cases
      04/10/2024
      How “purpose or reasonable effect” can affect workplace harassment cases

      Harassment in the workplace has come under a spotlight in the last few years and employers have put their policies and practices under the spotlight to ensure they are doing all they can to eliminate it.
    • Don’t get a red card while watching the World Cup at work
      04/08/2024
      Don’t get a red card while watching the World Cup at work

      If you are planning on watching World Cup matches at work, there are a number of important things to consider.

    • 10 top TUPE tips for employers – Transferees
      06/06/2024
      10 top TUPE tips for employers – Transferees

      TUPE kicks in when there is a transfer of a business from one organisation to another or there is a service provision change from one provider to another.

    • What employers need to know about performance management and grievances
      02/05/2024
      What employers need to know about performance management and grievances

      The effective management of employee performance is a cornerstone of organisational success.

    • Managing absence – an employer’s perspective
      30/04/2024
      Managing absence – an employer’s perspective

      Employers must navigate the delicate balance between supporting staff welfare and ensuring operational efficiency.

    • Employee, self-employed or worker? – The Bitesized Edition
      23/04/2024
      Employee, self-employed or worker? – The Bitesized Edition

      Employment status can be complex if an organisation does not define the relationship with an individual clearly and reflective of the actual relationship in practice.
    • 10 top TUPE tips for employers – Transferors
      07/04/2024
      10 top TUPE tips for employers – Transferors

      Here are our top 10 TUPE tips for the Transferor – this is usually the seller of the business to another or a client seeking to outsource a service.

    • Workplace stress: Your responsibilities as an employer
      05/04/2024
      Workplace stress: Your responsibilities as an employer

      Commenting on Stress Awareness Week, Sarah Garner, Solicitor at ARAG Law, looks at what the law says employers needs to do about stress.

    • Don’t get in trouble with the law on April Fool’s Day
      28/03/2024
      Don’t get in trouble with the law on April Fool’s Day

      As April Fool’s Day approaches, many are looking forward to playing some elaborate and funny pranks on family members, friends, and colleagues.

    • Do employees get extra pay on a leap year day?
      29/02/2024
      Do employees get extra pay on a leap year day?

      Every four years, many workers find themselves cramming an extra day of work into an already packed year. But are workers in the UK entitled to extra pay for this extra work?

    • How Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave regulations are changing this year – The Bitesize Edition
      08/02/2024
      How Maternity, Adoption and Shared Parental Leave regulations are changing this year – The Bitesize Edition

      In this Bitesized Edition, we look at the new Maternity Leave, Adoption Leave and Shared Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations, set to come into force on 6 April 2024.
    • How flexible working regulations are changing this year – The Bitesize Edition
      29/01/2024
      How flexible working regulations are changing this year – The Bitesize Edition

      Amendments to the current flexible working legislation will come into force this year. Any flexible working applications made on or after 6 April 2024 must be dealt with in accordance with the regulations.

    • Holiday Pay Guidance from the Government – The Bitesize Edition
      17/01/2024
      Holiday Pay Guidance from the Government – The Bitesize Edition

      The Government has issued guidance on calculating holiday pay to simplify holiday entitlement for irregular hours and part-year workers.
    • Be on your best behaviour at your work Christmas party
      15/12/2023
      Be on your best behaviour at your work Christmas party

      Thanks to social media, your behaviour at any work-related party could be posted to a global audience in seconds. An organisation’s reputation could be tarnished, and an individual’s career could be substantially affected by the sharing office party antics online.
    • How employers can prevent harassment or bullying in the workplace
      25/07/2023
      How employers can prevent harassment or bullying in the workplace

      Employers can be liable for employees who have subjected other employees to harassment in the workplace if they have not taken reasonable steps to prevent harassment.

    • Restrictive covenants in employment contracts – what the government is proposing
      12/07/2023
      Restrictive covenants in employment contracts – what the government is proposing

      Post termination restrictive covenants in employment contracts are used to protect a business when employees are departing who may have had access to trade secrets, strategic plans, financial plans and customer or client confidential information.

    • The Sunset Clause Removal: Retaining and discarding EU Law – The Bitesized Edition
      19/06/2023
      The Sunset Clause Removal: Retaining and discarding EU Law – The Bitesized Edition

      Following Brexit, in September 2022 the government introduced a bill creating powers to revoke, amend, replace, restate or assimilate approximately 2,400 pieces of EU Law.
    • What you need to know about settlement agreements
      12/01/2023
      What you need to know about settlement agreements

      Has your employer discussed a Settlement Agreement or Compromise Agreement with you? Learn more about these agreements and their implications on your ability to claim in the future.

    • What you need to know about constructive & wrongful dismissal
      12/01/2023
      What you need to know about constructive & wrongful dismissal

      If you feel forced to resign, this may count as constructive dismissal. If you are dismissed in breach of the terms of your employment contract, this is known as wrongful dismissal.

    • Dismissal and Redundancy: 7 things employees need to know
      12/01/2023
      Dismissal and Redundancy: 7 things employees need to know

      Molly-Ellen Turecek and Simon Roberts from ARAG Law look at what an employee needs to know about redundancy.

    • Public transport strikes – your employment rights if you are unable to get to work
      25/07/2022
      Public transport strikes – your employment rights if you are unable to get to work

      What happens if you can’t make it to work this week due to transport issues? Simon Roberts looks at some key legal facts.

    • What employers should do during a heatwave
      14/07/2022
      What employers should do during a heatwave

      What are an employer's obligations to employees when the weather gets too hot? Lewys Traylor gives the lowdown.
    • What employees need to know about NDAs and confidentiality clauses
      27/06/2022
      What employees need to know about NDAs and confidentiality clauses

      What is a Non-Disclosure Agreement? Ryan James from ARAG Law takes an in-depth look.

    • Flexible working – 5 key questions answered
      08/06/2022
      Flexible working – 5 key questions answered

      To make a flexible working request, you must be an employee, have at least 26 weeks continuous service, and have not already made a request in the last 12 months.

    • Can employees legally refuse to return to the workplace
      29/04/2022
      Can employees legally refuse to return to the workplace

      Across the country the calls for employees to return to the workplace. Simon Roberts, Senior Associate at ARAG Law, looks at what you need to know.

    • The gender pay gap: 5 key things employees need to know
      04/04/2022
      The gender pay gap: 5 key things employees need to know

      With the deadline for companies to publish their gender pay gap data looming, all private sector companies and charities are required to publish their data by 5th April 2022.
    • Is there a time limit for providing an employee with a P45?
      13/05/2021
      Is there a time limit for providing an employee with a P45?

      As an employer, you are required to tell HMRC when somebody leaves or retires, and deduct and pay the correct tax and National Insurance.

    • Health and safety and computers
      04/05/2020
      Health and safety and computers

      Now that many of us have entered the world of remote working, ARAG Law’s Bethan Mack explains how employers need to manage the risks to their employees when they’re working at computers for long periods of time.

    • What you need to know about pay and wages
      15/10/2019
      What you need to know about pay and wages

      The law seeks to provide a fair structure and ensure that we are appropriately compensated for our efforts, and that employers cannot underpay or exploit us when it comes to our wages. Bethan Mack looks at some of the basics.

    • When can company directors be personally liable?
      01/05/2019
      When can company directors be personally liable?

      The recent High Court case of Antzuzis & Others v DJ Houghton Catching Services & Others [2019] EWHC 843 (QB) is a stark reminder of how company directors can be personally liable for their acts. ARAG Law Solicitor Andrew Oberholzer explains.

    • Working on Christmas Day – your rights if you end up on the rota
      12/12/2018
      Working on Christmas Day – your rights if you end up on the rota

      It's a day of rest for millions, but for others it’s double the workload as business continues as normal – but with fewer staff. Can you refuse?
    • Your rights if it’s too cold in the workplace
      21/01/2018
      Your rights if it’s too cold in the workplace

      With National Apprenticeship Week here, we explain what employers need to consider regarding apprenticeship schemes and their legal obligations.

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