Maternity: Paying Employee’s Statutory Leave

With it being national breastfeeding month this month we thought we would take a look into maternity benefits in the world of payroll. In the UK today there are many Statutory Parental leave options to available to eligible parents/carers in the work place. The main...

World Breastfeeding Week: A focus on employer responsibilities

This week marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week which is celebrated around the world between 1st and 7th August each year. Returning to work after maternity leave can be a difficult step to take. Add to the mix if the mother is breastfeeding or expressing milk...

Supreme Court Pay & Holiday changes

A recent and important ruling made by the Supreme Court regarding Holiday and Term Time Working. Historically, term time workers annual leave entitlement was pro-rated based on the weeks that they were required to work and the calculation of 12.07% to determine pay...

More about Flexible Working

With significant increases in cost of living, including the upsurge in fuel and costs of travel to work, together with working parents thinking about the new school year in September 2022, we believe that we will see an marked increase in the number of flexible...

Help by listening

Listening, such a simple action, yet taking the time to do so could change someone’s day or in some cases their life. The 24th July is Samaritan’s Awareness Day. On this day and throughout the whole of July they are running an awareness campaign “Talk to Us”. This...

Holiday leave due to travel disruption

There has been much chaos of late with the rail strikes and flight cancellations and this may have had an impact to employees and employers alike. The recent train worker and union disputes and subsequent industrial action do not look like they will be resolved any...