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Pay and benefits

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  • Date:
    24 July 2018
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Sleeping care worker only "available" for work and not actually working for minimum wage purposes

    Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at a recent case in which the Court of Appeal ruled that a care worker required to sleep on the employer's premises was simply "available" for work rather than actually working, and therefore caught by the sleepover exemption in the minimum wage legislation.

  • Date:
    17 July 2018
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Executive pay ratio reporting: Six issues for employers to consider now

    On 1 January 2019, legislation comes into force requiring UK quoted companies with more than 250 employees to publish the pay ratio between their CEO and "average" employees. Jo Faragher investigates the issues related to mandatory executive pay ratio reports that employers should be thinking about now.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Sleep-in care workers not entitled to national minimum wage while asleep

    In Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake; Shannon v Rampersad and another t/a Clifton House Residential Home, the Court of Appeal held that a "sleep-in" care worker in residential accommodation was not entitled to be paid the national minimum wage while asleep.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Developing an employee health benefits package

    Leading practice guidance on health benefits, including the business case for investing in employee health benefits, which benefits are available, and what employers need to consider when providing the most common benefits to employees.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Company car policy

    A model company car policy, which deals with taxing, insuring, repairing and maintaining the car, electing for a car allowance in lieu, and the arrangements on termination of employment..

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Loan request form

    A model form for an employee to apply for a loan.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Loans policy

    A model policy to set out the circumstances in which loans will be made to employees.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Long-service awards policy

    A model policy to set out employees' entitlement to long-service awards.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Payroll-giving policy

    A model payroll-giving policy, which deals with eligibility, process, tax, employer enhancements and employee charity fund.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Pay review policy

    A model pay review policy.

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