By law, an employer must pay a minimum amount on average for the hours you work. This is called the: National Living Wage (NLW) if you're aged 21 or over and the National Minimum Wage (NMW) if you're aged under 21 or an apprentice.
Legal, Government & Tax Updates
Supportive documents to help keep you up to date on changes in legislation. Helpful advice on tax and legal matters. This is a growing resource so call back regularly to find additional information and advice.
National Minimum Wage – Rules and Rates
Holidays, Sick Pay and Leave – Navigating the Rules
Advice for employees and employers on managing holiday entitlement, sickness absence and other leave.
Recruitment Rules – the Applicants Rights
Ensuring when you recruit you do not fall foul of the rules and regulations around recruitment. Seeing the process from the other side.
Navigating Mediation, Discrimination, Disciplinary and Dismissals
Navigating the problems that can arise in the workplace.
Rules on Hours, Breaks, Young Workers, Short Time or Layoffs
Helping employers to understand their obligations to their staff on a range of topics regarding working hours.
IP, Trademarks, Copyright & Patents
Protecting your products and ideas is important and these guides will help you to understand the process, what counts as IP and how to protect it. Having the right type of intellectual property protection helps you to stop people stealing or copying:
- the names of your products or brands
- your inventions
- the design or look of your products
- things you write, make or produce
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IP OverviewTypes & UsesTrademarksPatentsCopyrightDesignsHow to Avoid Fraudulent Invoices
Legal, Government & Tax Updates