Gig Economy News – Employers Owe £1.5 Billion In Holiday Pay And £1.2 Billion In Wages

A recent study by Middlesex University has found that 1 in 20 workers are not being paid holiday pay amounting to an estimated £1.5bn being owed. A further £1.2bn is also owed in unpaid wages. Most of these employers are based in the gig economy, which is seemingly a never-ending vortex of bad publicity. The holiday […]

By |2019-12-24T20:18:49+00:00June 21st, 2017|Holiday Pay|0 Comments

Employment Act 2008 – Raising the Stakes in Deductions and Redundancy Pay Complaints

Section 7 of the Employment Act 2008 raises the stakes in Unauthorised Deductions from Wages and Non-Payment of Redundancy Pay cases. At present, if an employer makes an unauthorised deduction or fails to pay redundancy pay and loses at Tribunal (absent any question of uplifts or reductions under the dispute resolution procedures), the employee is […]

By |2019-12-25T17:49:30+00:00January 14th, 2009|Redundancy|0 Comments