Ian Holloway looks at employment law and payroll developments affecting employers.
Whilst we now have a new UK government, employers, payroll and employment law professionals should not forget the last parliamentary session as we wait for developments later this year, all affecting employers, and most impacting payroll.
It is made more difficult that there are two employment law jurisdictions (i.e., Great Britain and Northern Ireland). So, a UK government announcement about changes to employment rights cannot apply UK-wide unless the two jurisdictions pass mirroring legislation. Increasingly, and perhaps inconveniently, this is not happening, as can be seen below.
Looking back…and forward
If I am a medical practitioner who only deals with foot-related issues, I am a Chiropodist. Just as a general practitioner considers the body from head to toe, payroll professionals need