Getting employment law wrong can be extremely costly. If you haven't done your preperation and taken the right advice then you could end up facing an employment tribunal, negative PR and a significant fine. With increasing numbers of employees taking advantage of 'no win, no fee' solicitors to make tribunal…

The main statutory rules on holiday rights are contained in the Working Time Regulations. The basic right to annual leave is as follows: A worker is entitled to 5.6 weeks' annual leave (equivalent to 28 days for those who work five days a week) in each leave year. This is…

Key dates to note for the coming months:   1st February: A week’s pay will increase from £400 to £430 for the purposes of calculating statutory redundancy pay and the basic award for unfair dismissal. The maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal will increase from £68,400 to £72,300.   1st…

A tribunal has recently awarded £67.8m to thousands of ex-Woolworth employees after the shop workers’ union Usdaw successfully claimed that administrators had failed to follow correct redundancy procedures when the stores were closed in late 2008/early 2009.   Usdaw claimed that administrators did not carry out collective consultation with the…