Latest Content and Recent Updates

New content and changes due to updates or changes in employment law are listed below.  Some updates are available to Regular members and others restricted to Premium members. 

Updates 2023-2024 (see below for previous updates)

22/04/2024 - The following Employment Facts pages have been updated:

18/04/2024 - The Summary of Family Friendly Rights page has been updated.

08/04/2024 - A Holiday Pay and Entitlement for Irregular Hours and Part-Year Workers page has been added.

08/04/2024 - The following Holidays guidance has been updated:

05/04/24 - The following Paternity guidance / templates have been updated on YourHR.guide:

04/04/24 - A new template Letter- Confirming Change in Terms (Flexible Working) has been added.

04/04/24 - The following Flexible Working guidance / templates have been updated on YourHR.guide:

03/04/24 - The following Carers Leave guidance / templates have been added to YourHR.guide:

02/04/24 - A Protection for Employees who are Pregnant or returning from Maternity, Adoption or Shared Parental leave page has been added.

13/02/24 - The Eligibility to Work in the UK page has been updated.

24/01/24 - The Summary of Family Friendly Rights page has been updated.

24/01/24 - The Other Payments page has been updated.

18/01/24 - The Maternity Policy has been updated.

22/11/23 - The Minimum Wage page has been updated.

26/09/23 - The Upcoming Changes page has been updated.

08/08/23 - The Upcoming Changes page has been updated.

13/07/23 - The Upcoming Changes page has been updated.

16/06/23 - The Upcoming Changes page has been updated.

20/03/23 - The following Employment Facts pages have been updated:

Updates Archive

24/11/22 - Minimum Wage

24/11/22 - Upcoming Changes

15/11/22 - Homeworking Guidance

15/11/22 - Mental Health Signposting

13/10/22 - Financial Wellbeing Signposting

15/08/2022 - The following templates have been updated:

25/07/2022 - All contract templates have been updated following changes to who is able to legally certify and issue fit notes.

23/06/2022 - The following templates have been updated:

31/03/2022 - All contract templates have been updated following changes to Eligibility to Work in the UK guidance.

02/03/2022 - Compensation Rates

02/03/2022 - Other Payments

02/03/2022 - Redundancy Pay

22/02/2022 - Update to Eligibility to Work in the UK guidance.

17/02/2022 - Update to Maternity Leave information.

17/02/2022 - Update to Adoption Leave information.

17/02/2022 - Update to Paternity Leave information.

17/02/2022 - Update to Summary of Family Friendly Rights - now includes link to government calculator.

22/03/2022 - Additional guidance explaining contract clauses.

17/02/22 - New guidance on Family Friendly - Statutory Pay.

11/01/22 - New guidance on Additional Bank Holidays.

26/11/2021 - Update to Upcoming Changes information.

16/11/2021 - Update to Minimum Wage guidance, including rates from 1st April 2022.

03/08/2021 - All contract templates have been updated following changes to Eligibility to Work in the UK guidance.

24/06/2021 - Update to Eligibility to Work in the UK guidance.

22///06/2021 - Update to COVID-19 & Eligibility to work in the UK. Government update guidance

26/04/2021 - Update to COVID-19 & Eligibility to work in the UK. Government update guidance

15/03/2021 - New rates for 'a weeks pay' for redundancy purposes

04/03/2021 - Update to Furlough leave following the budget and extension of furlough to September 2021

01/03/2021 - New National Minimum Wage Rates

01/03/2021 - New rates for SSP, SMP, etc 

01/04/2000 - Legal Requirements and Written Statement of Terms 

30/11/21 - New Social Events Policy.

16/11/20 - New Menopause Policy.

20/10/2021 - New guidance on Questions to Ask at a Grievance Meeting.

01/10/21 - Furlough guidance and template letters REMOVED (due to the end of Furlough).

20/09/21 - New guidance on Questions to Ask at the Beginning of Every Disciplinary Meeting.

20/09/21 - New Script - Disciplinary Meeting Agenda template.

24/08/21 - New case study on job descriptions.

24/08/21 - New case study on pregnancy and maternity

24/08/21 - New pregnancy risk assessment - office.

19/07/2021- New form regarding repayment of immigration fees.

19/07/2021-New guidance on employing foreign nationals and sponsorship.

23/06/2021- New guidance on Payroll, Payslips and Pensions. All available from the Employment Facts section.

23/06/2021- New guidance on employing your first person.

24/05/2021- Travel Policy (pool car or use of own car) . 

24/05/2021- Company Car Policy . 

11/05/2021- Workers Agreement . An agreement that can be used for Workers covering S1 ERA requirements.

11/05/2021- Retracting Redundancy Notice. Guidance on withdrawing redundancy notice.

26/04/2021- Calculating the minimum wage. Guidance on what can and cannot be included and the reference period.

05/04/2021- Form - Calculating Redundancies. A form to collect all the information needed to calculate redundancies.

05/04/2021- Reasonable Adjustments - Guidance on making reasonable adjustments. 

04/03/2021- Paying for Training and Training Deductions  - Guidance regarding paying for training.

01/02/2021- Furlough letter / agreement - Flex furlough letter.

01/02/2021- Return from furlough letter / agreement - Return from furlough letter.

16/01/2021- Retracting Notice - Can an employee retract their notice once given?

16/01/2021 - Letters - Retracting notice. 1) Allowing employee to retract notice or 2) Not allowing employee to retract notice