Managing employees/workers

New and updated

• Time off work

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that the Time Off for Public Duties Order 2018 is in force from 1 October 2018, extending the right to unpaid time off work to perform public duties to four groups of volunteers in the criminal justice system.

• Time off for public duties

  Type:

  Quick reference

  Updated to reflect that the Time Off for Public Duties Order 2018 is in force from 1 October 2018, extending the right to unpaid time off work to four groups of volunteers in the criminal justice system.

• Inquiry into law evasion in gig economy launched

  Date:

  27 September 2018

  Type:

  News

  An inquiry into the extent of alleged "employment law evasion" in the gig economy has been launched by work and pensions committee chair Frank Field.

• Ten employers publish parental leave and pay policies

  Date:

  27 September 2018

  Type:

  News

  Ten major employers have agreed to publish their parental leave and pay policies online.

• How to deal with an employee who has a miscarriage or stillbirth or whose baby dies after birth

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect that a new right to paid parental bereavement leave is expected to come into force in 2020.

• Employment law manual updated to reflect recent TUPE case law

  Date:

  26 September 2018

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  The TUPE section of the Employment law manual has been updated to include information on three recent cases as well as changes to national minimum wage liabilities in the context of a TUPE transfer.

• TUPE and service provision change: What happens if a service is fragmented?

  Date:

  26 September 2018

  Type:

  Legal guidance

  Service provision change is a notoriously thorny area of TUPE transfer law. But it can become even more complex where services are broken up among multiple suppliers, as TUPE expert Dr John McMullen explains.

• Cabinet agrees EU workers should not be favoured post-Brexit

  Date:

  26 September 2018

  Type:

  News

  The cabinet has agreed with the recommendation made by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) that EU migrants should face the same immigration rules as those from elsewhere after Brexit.

• Generation Z want to work in a 'fun' environment

  Date:

  26 September 2018

  Type:

  News

  Two-thirds (65%) of Generation Z employees - those aged 18-24 - look for a "fun" working environment when assessing whether an organisation's culture is right for them.

• Transfer of undertakings

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information about three recent cases involving TUPE transfers and changes to national minimum wage liabilities. See Employment law manual updated to reflect recent TUPE case law.