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4 weeks ago | 
andersonstrathern.co.uk | Nicole Forsyth |Craig McCracken |Musab Hemsi
Businesses that hold sponsor licences, understandably, focus mostly on complying with the rules in respect of their skilled workers – ensuring roles satisfy the skill requirements for sponsorship, that workers are paid the correct minimum salary, completing right to work checks, reporting relevant events in respect of the worker to UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) in time and maintaining relevant records.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
andersonstrathern.co.uk | Kimberley Park |Musab Hemsi |Lynne Riach
When Scotland and other parts of the UK are affected by severe weather, people often ask where employers and employees stand if people can’t get to work or the workplace is closed. So, just where do employers and employees stand? If you are unable to get to work does it affect pay? Generally speaking, employees are obliged to attend work and employers are obliged to provide work and pay the employee for the work they do.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
andersonstrathern.co.uk | Emily Martin |Lynne Riach |Musab Hemsi
Employment lawyers are well versed in misconduct or grievance investigations at work. We can advise on the beginning, middle and end of the investigatory process and what should be expected for both the employer and employee. So far so good. But one aspect which often escapes lawyers’ critical consideration is – what happens to the parties involved after an investigation is concluded?
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
heraldscotland.com | Musab Hemsi
Recent days have seen widespread protests, riots and violence spreading across the UK, some of which has been racially or religiously aggravated. But what should an employer do if an employee is involved, either through direct participation or stirring up trouble on social media? Anyone allegedly involved in participating in or inciting a riot may be arrested and charged with criminal offences.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
andersonstrathern.co.uk | Kimberley Park |Musab Hemsi |Robin Turnbull
On 1 October 2024, new UK-wide legislation on tipping will come into force, significantly altering the landscape for restaurants and other hospitality outlets. These changes mandate that tips must be passed onto all workers fairly without any deductions being made, with businesses required to have a written policy and keep records detailing how tips have been dealt with.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
andersonstrathern.co.uk | Kimberley Park |Mark Templeton |Musab Hemsi
At a time when more workers than ever before have caring responsibilities let’s break down the Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024 and consider how and why employers should go above and beyond in providing more than the minimum that’s required by law. The Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024, which came into force on 6 April 2024, granted new employment rights for people who juggle unpaid caring responsibilities with paid employment.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
andersonstrathern.co.uk | Aimee Russell |Musab Hemsi |Mark Templeton
T S Eliot said that April is the cruellest month. And that is certainly true this year if employers need to recruit foreign nationals on skilled worker visas. From 4 April, it is going to cost significantly more. We knew tougher immigration rules were coming, but as is often the case, the devil is in the detail.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
heraldscotland.com | Musab Hemsi
Are any of your employees or colleagues Muslim? Do you truly appreciate what the holy festival of Ramadhan represents for them? As a practising Muslim, my experience is that people of other faiths or beliefs often have incomplete understanding of this key event in the Muslim calendar. And understanding is key because it reduces intolerance, mistrust and even hate.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
andersonstrathern.co.uk | Kimberley Park |Craig McCracken |Musab Hemsi
When Vanessa Feltz made controversial comments about coeliac disease on This Morning, it soon became one of the top five most complained-about TV moments of 2023. The furious response revealed the public’s strength of feeling around the disease, which affects 1 in 100 people in the UK. And, with the prevalence of food-related allergies also on the rise, it is now increasingly likely that employers will encounter staff who suffer from allergies or autoimmune conditions like coeliac disease.
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Jul 18, 2023 | 
andersonstrathern.co.uk | Aimee Russell |Musab Hemsi |Robin Turnbull
This far-from-ideal situation leaves many parents of the 90,000 babies who need neonatal care in the UK each year facing a tough choice: use up their maternity or paternity leave (meant for when they’re settling their new arrival at home), take unpaid leave, or return to work while their child is poorly in hospital. In May this year, the Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill received Royal Assent, so this is all set to change.
