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  • Seasonal Workers in Retail

    Guide

    How to Hire Seasonal Workers in Retail

    From Black Friday sales to Christmas holidays… The retail industry plans their entire trade year around peak seasons. Whilst these periods might be short, some businesses achieve high profit margins here compared to the rest of the year.

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  • Employers National Insurance

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    What are Employers’ National Insurance?

    During her Autumn Budget speech, Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed changes to National Insurance Contributions (NIC). For business owners, employers NIC is a crucial part of their payroll calculations.

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    • Pay & Benefits
  • Business Interruption Insurance

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    What is Business Interruption Insurance?

    Fires, storms, cyber-attacks – protecting businesses from unexpected events can be challenging. A great preventative measure you can utilise is business interruption insurance (BII).

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  • dismissal

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    Employee unfairly dismissed for Gross misconduct wins over £5k at tribunal

    The catalyst for this case was an email received from a customer, asking to change an appointment. The claimant felt that the customer had previously been rude on the phone. They intended to forward an email about the change of appointment to a colleague along with the message, “Hi Karl, Can you change this… he’s a t**t so it doesn’t matter if you can’t.” By mistake, this was sent back to the customer instead.

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    • Dismissal
  • Government to crack down on “fire and rehire” practices

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    Compensation increases for 'fire and rehire' code breaches

    Rules around dismissal and re-engagement came into effect in July 2024. Sometimes known as ‘fire and rehire’, the practice of forcibly changing terms and conditions by dismissing an employee and re-engaging them on the new terms has been a staple for employers during restructures for years.

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