Jan 20, 2024 | Employment Law, Victoria’s Blog
The Government has published draft regulations setting out proposed changes for those taking statutory paternity leave where the expected week of childbirth starts on or after 6 April 2024. At present, only one period of paternity leave of wither one or two...
Jan 19, 2024 | Employment Law, Victoria’s Blog
On 11 January 2024 ACAS published its revised Code of Practice on requests for flexible working. If it receives parliamentary approval, the Code is expected to come into effect on 6 April 2024. The proposed changes are: The statutory right to request flexible...
Feb 9, 2021 | Employment Law, Victoria’s Blog
National Apprenticeship week 8-14th February 2021 This week is National Apprenticeship week and the Government is using it as an opportunity to celebrate and promote the benefits of apprenticeships, and showcase the resilience of apprentices and...
Nov 19, 2020 | Employment Law, Victoria’s Blog
Alcohol Awareness Week 16-22nd November 2020 A new survey commissioned by Alcohol Change UK, shows that almost 1 in 3 drinkers (29%) have been drinking at increasing or high risk levels over the past 6 months (over 14 units per week). Over half of drinkers (53%) said...
Sep 6, 2019 | Employment Law, Victoria’s Blog
Many families find it difficult to balance work and childcare at the start of the new school year as parents often need extra time off work to help children who are starting school for the first time to settle into their new environment. As schools may operate...
Jan 14, 2019 | Victoria’s Blog
Following our recent general overview of the upcoming legislation changes proposed under The Good Work Plan published on 17th December 2018, this mini blog explains the government’s strategy to provide fair and decent work and how it intends to implement that. To...
