Voluntary overtime must be included in holiday calculations In the long running holiday pay saga, we already have binding court decisions that confirm holiday pay must be based on normal pay, including contractual overtime (i.e. overtime that an individual...

The new £2,000 Tax Free Childcare Scheme The new scheme sees the Government contributing 20p for every 80p that working parents spend on childcare costs each year. This is the equivalent of the 20% tax many people pay on their earnings – hence the name...

Unfair dismissal win for business manager demoted to doing ‘officey things’. A school business manager has successfully won her claim for unfair dismissal after she was demoted to a role carrying out “officey things”. Zena Dickenson, who managed 15 staff...

Sickness Absence – Have You Waited Long Enough? After six years’ service at Bolton St. Catherine’s Academy, Ms O’Brien was assaulted by a pupil in March 2011 causing her to feel unsafe and vulnerable. It was not until December that year that Ms O’Brien...

April 2017 sees the introduction of a new law to avoid the exploitation of Apprentices. It is now an offence for an employer to describe a position as an Apprenticeship, by offering training or courses, when it is not actually a Statutory Apprenticeship....