Long Term Sickness and Accrued Holidays

Long Term Sickness and Accrued Holidays   A recent case at the Court of Appeal (NHS Leeds v Larner) which gives further clarification regarding workers who are absent from work due to long term sickness and their entitlement to carry over untaken holiday from one holiday year to the next.   In a previous judgment…

HSE urges more action on preventing legionella

HSE Urges More Action on Preventing Legionella   Businesses are being told to do more to protect workers and members of the public from exposure to legionella.   The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety notice after identifying common failings in legionella control from a review of outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in…

Fall in Employment Tribunal claims

Fall in Employment Tribunal claims   Recently published statistics from the Tribunals Service showed there was a 15% decrease in the number of claims that made it to an employment tribunal between April 2011 and March 2012. 186,300 claims were made last year compared with 2010-11 when there were 218,100 claims. This is a continuation…

P38(S) to be abolished

P38(S) to be abolished   Currently legislation states that those of your employees that are students and on courses in the United Kingdom and working for you solely in the holidays i.e. Summer, Christmas and Easter, can complete the student declaration form P38(s) and possibly receive their pay without Income Tax being deducted.   However,…

Employer National Insurance Contributions holiday

Employer National Insurance Contributions Holiday   Since June 2010 new businesses have been able to apply to HMRC for the Employers National Insurance Contributions (NIC) Holiday scheme. Under the scheme new businesses, subject to meeting certain criteria, are able to reduce their Employer National Insurance (NI) contributions for a period of up to 12 months…