Author: Adrian Marlowe

Can Facebook whinging get you sacked?

We have all seen Facebook posts in our newsfeeds that would make even the most jaded of us cringe. Facebook has been around for nearly a decade and even though we have caught on to privacy settings and scrutinising pictures and post tags, there is still a lot of published material out there.  If that […]

Do travel expenses constitute a salary sacrifice?

This issue was discussed in the recent case of Reed Employment v HMRC at the Court of Appeal.   Reed is an employment business which employs its temporary workers. Prior to 1998, there was no available tax relief on a worker’s travel expenses to a temporary place of work and Reed paid its employed temps […]

No requirement to give temporary workers preference during recruitment

In the case of Coles v Ministry of Defence, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) had to consider whether the right under R.13 of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 (‘AWR’) for agency workers to be informed of any relevant vacant post with the hirer extends to a requirement to offer the agency worker more favourable treatment […]

Termination payments revisited

Following a review of termination payments by the Office of Tax Simplifications in 2014, which concluded that the current system is both confusing and uncertain, the government has published a consultation on this area. More often than not employers want to pay the correct amount of tax but simply can’t get to grips with the […]

BIS to speak at compliance seminar, combined with ARC debate on proposed tax changes

Lawspeed is pleased to announce that a representative from BIS will speak at its innovative compliance seminar, to be held on the 23rd September in London. This seminar is aimed at business owners and senior managers, and will address tax, compliance, post-termination restrictions and social media issues currently affecting recruitment businesses and other sector operators. […]

ARC delighted other trade associations support RPO ‘pay when paid’ campaign

Commenting on an article in Recruiter magazine on 28th July (“Recruitment bodies welcome new Small Business Czar”), Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) said “We identified ‘pay when paid’ and other related unfair payment clauses in RPO contracts as an issue that government urgently needed to address back in 2011 against […]

ARC supports latest government initiative for a small business commissioner

The government’s latest initiative to appoint a small business commissioner to help with payment terms and disputes between small businesses and their larger customers is to be welcomed, says the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC). “Any help that can be given to smaller businesses that suffer through late payment must be a good thing and […]

Carrying over holiday accrued during sick leave – not as detrimental as it sounds

Businesses have adapted to the ECJ decisions in the conjoined cases of Stringer and Schultz-Hoff resulting in employees accruing holiday when they are on sick leave. The sometimes substantial amounts of holiday accrued (but not yet taken) because the employee has been on long-term sick leave (due to for instance cancer or HIV) is usually […]

Select Committee inquiry into Employment Tribunal Fees

The Commons Select Committee has decided to launch an inquiry into the effects of the introduction and levels of the tribunal fees and charges. The Commons Select Committee inquiry is separate from the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) review. The differences from the MOJ reviews are that this new inquiry is taking evidence from external bodies, […]

Ban on only advertising jobs overseas

The government has now implemented provisions to curb only advertising UK based jobs overseas. The insertion of Regulation 27A of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (‘Conduct Regulations’) means that if you are advertising jobs abroad, you also have to place adverts in English in the UK. It may seem like […]