The new National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage is set to increase from 01 April 2019 onwards. This new rate will apply to the next pay period that begins on or after the date a rate increase begins or an employee reaches a new age bracket.  For...

Maternity Rights The Employment Appeal Tribunal have held that sending a female employee an important email to an inaccessible address whilst she is on maternity leave amounts to unfavourable treatment under the Equality Act 2010. In SW Yorkshire...

Beware of Pension Scams Pension freedom has enabled those approaching retirement to consider a much wider choice of alternative options as to how to employ the pension funds that they have accumulated through their careers. However, unfortunately the...

UK Personal Debt The media has recently given considerable coverage to the issue of personal indebtedness in the UK. In this article we consider the latest data available on the extent of personal debt in the UK, the impact that such personal indebtedness...