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Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Leave: New Day One Rights from 2026 

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The Bereaved Partner’s Paternity Regulations 2026 introduce a new day one right to leave for employees whose child’s primary carer dies within the first year following birth or adoption. The regulations create new obligations for employers around leave entitlement, notice requirements, job protection, and redundancy rights. This article explains who qualifies, how the new leave works in practice, and the key considerations organisations should now review within their employment policies and procedures. […]

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Employee Share Plan Reporting for 2025: What Your Clients Need to Know

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The UK tax authorities’ (HMRC) submission deadline for annual return filings concerning employment-related securities for the 2024/25 tax year is midnight, 12am UK time, on Sunday 6 July 2025. We provide advice and assistance for all aspects of the annual reporting requirements and are happy to help your clients. Either you can be our client […]

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UK Budget 2021: Furlough Scheme extended until September 2021

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The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced as part of the Budget 2021 an extension of the furlough scheme until the end of September 2021. “Our Covid support schemes have been a lifeline to millions, protecting jobs and incomes across the UK. There’s now light at the end of the tunnel with a roadmap for reopening, […]

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UK Supreme Court Ruling – Uber Drivers Entitled to Workers’ Rights

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Worker or self-employed? The Supreme Court has given important guidance on the dividing line between who is a worker and who is self-employed in its judgment ending the long running litigation brought against Uber by a group of its drivers. The drivers had contended that, although the contractual documentation they had signed with Uber styled […]

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COVID-19: Self Isolation and the Workplace

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The government has issued new regulations (Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020) containing obligations for workers who are required to self-isolate. These impose a duty on an employer not to permit employees who have tested positive for COVID-19 or live with a person that has tested positive to attend any workplace other than […]

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