The Good Work Plan has been coined as the "largest upgrade in a generation to workplace rights" and is the government's response to an independent review called out by Matthew Taylor published as 'Good Work: the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices in July 2017.' If...
What is The Good Work Plan? In less than three months on the April 6th 2020, employers will have to adhere to the new employment laws proposed in the governments Good Work Plan. It is one of the biggest shakeups of employment law in recent history, so...
The situation with the coronavirus is changing rapidly. Now officially named Covid-19, the virus was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization in January 2020. Although the UK risk level is ‘moderate’, this may well change in the not too distant future, and...
The first Wednesday in November each year is National Stress Awareness Day, and as you know here at Altum HR we are incredibly passionate about all aspects of mental health in the workplace. Did you know that in 2018 statistics show that work is the...
There will be times when your employees will face emergencies outside of work. But do you have to provide employees with compassionate leave?...
When considering the issue of sick pay, businesses need to consider what they will be expected to pay (SSP), and what they might like to offer in addition to this (contractual sick pay). ...