Backhouse Solicitors News
November 10th 2016 marks “Equal Pay Day” – after this date women in the UK are effectively working for free for the remainder of the year as a result of earning less on average than men. Despite the advent of the Equal Pay Act in 1970, almost [...]
Temperatures are dropping and trees are beginning to shed their leaves – yes, Autumn is on its way! The season always brings with it a number of employment law changes and 2016 is no different. The headline change is the increase in the National Minimum Wage [...]
National Minimum Wage rates for workers below the age of 25 increase from 1 October 2016. Employers should make sure that payroll software has been updated to reflect the increases in October pay runs. The main rate for workers 25 years old and over increased on [...]
Backhouse Solicitors are proud to be supporting the Farleigh Hospice Make A Will Campaign 2016 From Monday 12th to Friday 25 September we will waive our normal fees for drafting a simple will, mirror will or updating an existing will in return for a donation to [...]
Set to close in December 2016, homebuyers have less than six months to take advantage of the Government’s Help To Buy: Mortgage Guarantee Scheme. Home-buyers in Chelmsford have racked-up a total value of more than £43 million in loans supported by the mortgage guarantee scheme, according [...]
After introducing a poorly subscribed voluntary scheme for publishing gender pay gap information, the Government has recently conceded to parliamentary pressure and is expected to introduce regulations in October 2016 which will bring in mandatory reporting from Spring 2018. Employers with 250 or more employees will have to publish [...]
In the recent appeal case of Lock vs British Gas, the Employment Appeal Tribunal agreed with the original Employment Tribunal that results-based commission should be included in holiday pay, not just basic pay. Mr Lock was paid basic pay plus a results-based commission, but when on annual leave [...]
April is always an important month for employment law and 2016 is no exception. Here we outline the new regulations being introduced this year as well as other recent important changes: Zero Hours Contracts In 2015 it became unlawful for employers to impose exclusivity clauses in [...]
Chancellor George Osborne last month delivered the Budget 2016 aiming to, amongst other things, “deliver security for working people”. As always taxes were central to the announcements and therefore employers will have to update their payroll systems accordingly. Here are the key points to note: Termination [...]
The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2016 has been approved by Parliament and introduces new limits from 6 April 2016 for certain awards in employment tribunals and other amounts payable under employment law. The key changes are: The maximum amount of a “week’s pay” for [...]
