Do you comply with the changes to the national minimum wage which comes into force on 1 October 2010? The adult rate of the national minimum wage will apply to workers of 21 years and over from 1 October 2010 rather than 22 at present. Those who have turned 21 prior to 1 October and [...]

The Government has announced that the default retirement age (DRA) will be scrapped on 1 October 2011. At the moment, employers can force staff to retire at the age of 65 regardless of their circumstances but this will not be permitted under the new plans. There is a transition period between 6 April 2011 to [...]

Is your business aware of the Equality Act and the impact this will have on you, specifically when recruiting new staff? You will not be able to ask job applicants questions about their health and whether they have a disability other than in specified circumstances. Employers will still be entitled to screen applicants about health [...]

Aspire Scotland Ltd is a care and education provider who works with some of Scotland’s most vulnerable and challenging children and young people. Their aim is to assist in the development of strong and confident individuals and work with families and communities to ensure that they have the sufficient resilience to support these young people. [...]

The Tribunal Annual Statistics were published last week, and they make for interesting reading. The key findings are:- • 56% increase from 2008/09 in the number of claims accepted by Employment Tribunals, which were at their highest ever level. This is mainly attributable to multiple claims. • There was a 14% increase in the number [...]

In June the government lost a court battle over attempts, started by Labour, to cut redundancy payments but Unions fear emergency legislation could be brought in to reverse the ruling and are warning that strikes could be an “inevitability”. As a result, Government Ministers are today meeting with Union officials to discuss their proposed changes [...]

We have heard of a Scottish employer who have found a unique way in avoiding staffing issues with their employees. They have appointed robots – we at EmployEasily will need to check if they have contracts of employment! A new Scottish hospital is to be the first in the UK to use robots for every [...]

The new coalition government are set to raise the state pension age for men to 66, possibly as soon as 2016 and are also planning to look at raising it even further, possibly as high as 70. If that wasn’t enough the Government are also targeting the national default retirement age – the age at [...]