Article Category: Employment Law

Visiting the UK – the new process

1st February 2024

In a major change of UK immigration procedures, all persons coming to the UK for a visit, will, in the future, need to get permission for their trip before they travel to the UK. Non-visa nationals (i.e. those who are not required to obtain a visitor visa to visit the UK) will need to obtain… Read more »

Worker or Independent Contractor?

19th August 2021

There are two types of self-employment in the UK. One is where a person operates the business and is their own boss (an independent contractor) and the other is where a person has greater freedom than an employee, but is not truly independent of the employer (a worker). The distinction doesn’t affect tax treatment (both… Read more »

The New Skilled Worker Visa

12th January 2021

On the 1st December 2020 the old Tier 2 (General) visa category was replaced by the Skilled Worker visa. The Skilled Worker visa is now the main route for foreign nationals to come into and work in the UK. This means that a number of significant changes will have to be taken into account by… Read more »

Employment update: Changes you may have missed.

2nd July 2020

Shortly after the Covid19 lockdown began there were some significant employment law changes. These came into force from 6 April 2020: Employers must now provide a written statement of terms of employment on or before the first day of employment. Previously an Employer had 2 months in which to provide the statement. The written statement… Read more »

Employment Law Update – April 2019

30th April 2019

Here is a round up of some of the important changes in employment law that came into effect in April 2019: Penalties for aggravated employment law breaches Employers face a penalty of up to £20,000 if an Employment Tribunal finds that they have committed an aggravated breach of employment law. The penalty regime was introduced… Read more »