Tweet USA Employment Legislation Update 2021 The new calendar year brings new employment law updates and changes. In 2021 many states enacted these changes; employee leave policies. Policies ended or extended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some states put in place steps to improve diversity in the workplace. Here is a roundup of some changes.…
UK Employment Legislation 2021 | What is in Store for 2021? Here is a round-up of UK employment legislation 2021 developments. New Immigration Law Enforced Effective 1st January 2021 From the 1st January 2021, arrangements under the new immigration system take effect. They now apply equally to EU and non-EU citizens. Click…
ISO 27001 Accreditation Novative have been successfully ISO 20022 accredited for sometime. ISO 20022 is a single standardisation approach (methodology, process, repository) to be used by all financial standards initiatives. We are now delighted to announce we have achieved ISO 27001. What is ISO 27001? ISO/IEC 27001:2013 specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining…
UK Employment Legislation | What is in Store for 2020? Here is a round-up of some of the UK employment legislation developments for 2020. Good Work Plan: Amendments to Agency Workers Rules Effective: April 6th 2020 The ‘Good Work Plan’ was published in December 2018. The Government committed to abolishing a rule…
Ensuring Stability for Atypical Workers New measures are to be introduced by the Government to combat one-sided flexibility and support employees who work variable hours. The new legislation will require employers to put more planning into how they use variable working arrangements. It outlined that all employees will have the right to switch to more…
IR35 is a tax legislation in the UK designed to expose ‘disguised employees’. Disguised Employees are those deemed by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) as contractors using a limited company, and if were it not for their limited company intermediary, they would otherwise be employed by their client. IR35 means if caught, they must…
Payroll Legislation update Here is a round-up of some of the UK’s payroll legislation developments for 2019. Itemised Pay Statements From April 6th 2019, new legislation will change how employers in the UK provide payslips to their workforce. UK employers will be required to submit an itemised payslip for all workers on their payroll. In…
Welcome to the 13th window of the NOVATIVE advent calendar. Today’s window is looking at two changes to employment law in 2019. 1st April 2019: National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has recommended that the hourly rates should increase in April 2019: From £7.83 to £8.21 for…
How Has GDPR Effected HR? GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) was enforced on the 28th May 2018. The regulations replaced the outdated protection rules across Europe, which were first created during the 1990s. GDPR modernised laws that protect the personal information of individuals. HR can play an essential part in ensuring compliance with the GDPR,…
New Legislation Brexit Welcome to your fourth window of the NOVATIVE HR advent calendar. Today we are looking at new regulations surrounding Brexit. Currently, it’s still unclear, what will happen to the laws governing employment and labour movement once the UK leaves the EU. The UK gave notice of its intention to quit…