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  • Date:
    18 August 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Unpaid work trials: Legitimate recruitment practice or exploitation?

    Most employers recognise that recruitment is far from an exact science. A candidate might interview well, but how do we know that they can fulfil the role? Alan Lewis, partner with Constantine Law, examines the grey area of work trials and their interpretation under national minimum wage rules.

  • Date:
    16 July 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Reward benchmarking - what, why and how

    Cendex's Penne Cecil Hutton talks through reward benchmarking, including when to use it, data sources, and how to effectively benchmark all elements of reward.

  • Date:
    26 April 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    What you need to know about the Pension Schemes Act 2021

    The new Pension Schemes Act gives the Pensions Regulator increased power to prosecute on behalf of scheme members who have been left shortchanged by the actions of a variety of people involved in a business. Simon Kew gauges how businesses should respond to the changes.

  • Type:
    FAQs

    Does an employer need to provide evidence that it is meeting the requirements of the national minimum wage?

  • Date:
    24 March 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Reward strategy actions for 2021

    Duncan Brown, independent government and employer adviser, and researcher on reward management issues, discusses the need for change in prevailing UK reward models, and shows how organisations can begin to build back better and fairer reward strategies.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Sleep-in care workers not entitled to national minimum wage while asleep, rules Supreme Court

    In Tomlinson-Blake v Royal Mencap Society; Shannon v Rampersad and another (t/a Clifton House Residential Home), the Supreme Court dismissed both appeals and ruled that sleep-in care workers are entitled to be paid the national minimum wage only when they are awake for the purposes of working, not when they are sleeping.

  • Date:
    9 March 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    April 2021 employment law changes: Five things for HR to do

    While continuing to deal with the impact of coronavirus, HR professionals must ensure that their organisation complies with the usual raft of April employment law changes. In April 2021, these changes include the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector, a tweak to the national minimum wage age bands, and increases to statutory redundancy pay and statutory maternity pay.

  • Date:
    4 March 2021
    Type:
    Case studies

    How Rostrum reinvented its benefits package

    Rostrum talks to XpertHR about why and how it completely changed its employee benefits offering in 2020.

  • Date:
    1 March 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: IR35 - What HR needs to know

    Kate Upcraft explains how the IR35 off-payroll reforms will affect your organisation and the practical steps that you need to take to ensure that you remain compliant with the law and manage any additional liabilities.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    IR35: Status determination statement via CEST tool

    A link to the HMRC tool to determine an individual's tax status for IR35 purposes, the results of which can be sent in a letter providing a status determination statement (SDS).

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