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Managing employees/workers

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  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Data protection: transferring personal data in and out of UK

    This guide highlights any special considerations that apply when organisations are transferring personal data in and out of the UK.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Data protection: handling personal data breaches

    This guide runs through what an employer as the data controller must do in the event of an actual or suspected data breach.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Data protection: privacy notices

    This guide sets out the requirement for data controllers to provide data subjects with a privacy notice explaining what data they hold on them and what they do with that data.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Data protection: special categories of personal data

    This guide reveals what counts as special category personal data; when special category personal data can be processed; and what additional measures are in place, including the requirement to have a policy document in place to process that type of data.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Data protection: data controllers' obligations

    This guide describes a data controller and their responsibility for UK GDPR compliance, including the difference between a data controller and a data processor.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Changes to eligibility for statutory sick pay

    Updated to reflect that the commencement date for the changes to eligibility for SSP is 6 April 2026.

  • Type:
    Calculators

    Statutory maternity pay calculator

    Updated to include the weekly rate of statutory maternity pay effective from 6 April 2026. 

  • Date:
    12 January 2026
    Type:
    News

    Day-one parental leave rights confirmed for April 2026

    Millions of workers previously denied time off for the birth of their child will become eligible for day one rights to parental leave from April, as ministers lay new regulations stemming from the Employment Rights Act 2025 before Parliament today (12 January).

  • Date:
    8 January 2026
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Bank holidays: six things employers need to know

    Are employees entitled to extra pay for working on bank holidays? What does an employer do if an employee refuses to work on a bank holiday? How should bank holidays be managed for part-time employees? We explain how to deal with some of the most common issues public holidays can raise.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Removal of qualifying period for paternity leave and ordinary parental leave

    Updated to reflect that Regulations have been passed bringing the day-one right to paternity and parental leave into effect from 6 April 2026.

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