The statutory limit on a week's pay (used primarily to calculate statutory redundancy payments and basic awards in unfair dismissal claims) will increase from £525 to £538 per week.

In addition to this month's news, please do look at publications to which we have contributed:

In Spaceman v. ISS Mediclean Ltd t/a ISS Facility Service Healthcare the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered the circumstances ...

Britain's most recent heatwave has resurrected the idea of having a legal maximum working temperature.

A recent report by the Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEIS) has called for gender pay gap reporting requirements to be extended to smaller companies.

A new report, commissioned by Health & Her, has highlighted the impact of menopause on women aged between 50 and 64.

Recent research published by the British Medical Journal suggests that senior doctors from black or minority ethnic (‘BME') backgrounds earn approximately 4.9% (or £5,000) less in mean basic pay than their colleagues from a white ethnic background within the NHS.

A study conducted by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that only 4 UK government departments display their parental leave and pay policies on their external websites.

The Court of Appeal has today handed down it's much anticipated decision in the case of Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake. The decision has reversed the Employment Appeal Tribunal's (EAT) ruling...

Subject to any further postponements, employer NICs on termination payments over the £30,000 threshold will now become payable in April 2020.

Following our article earlier this week about the "Good Work Plan", the government has now introduced the first three statutory instruments implementing some of the changes outlined in the Plan:

Luxembourg is the first country in the world to implement a law on green covered bonds (lettres de gage portant sur les énergies renouveables).

The Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR), which was introduced in 2016 to increase the accountability of individuals working in the banking sector

EU citizens will be able to apply for settled status in 3 easy steps for less than the price of a passport, under plans outlined by the Immigration Minister today.

This new route will replace the entrepreneur visa route which is currently open exclusively to graduates.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that Morrisons is liable for a data breach which saw thousands of its employees' details posted online by a disgruntled ex-employee, Mr Skelton

This is an important case because it adds further commentary on the nature of the intention a landlord requires to meet the requirements necessary to oppose the grant of a new business tenancy under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced on Tuesday that it would be accepting applications for special-purpose national bank charters for financial technology companies...

Making a car drive itself is hard. Remaining compliant while doing it is harder still, thanks to government stakeholders advancing new, complex and sometimes conflicting regulatory frameworks in every corner of the country.

The Resolution of the President No. PP-3794 was adopted on June 20, 2018, which has launched the process of revising recently adopted procedures for developing, examining and approving of pre-design and design...