When several employees do similar work, redundancy selection must use a fair pool and objective, scored criteria. Here's how the process works and what makes a selection unfair.
Intended parents through surrogacy can access adoption-style leave and pay once they apply for a parental order — here's how eligibility, notice, and pay work, and where the gaps are.
TUPE automatically transfers employees, their terms and conditions, and their continuous service to a new employer when a business or service contract changes hands. Here's how it protects you.
The basic award for unfair dismissal uses the same age-banded, capped formula as statutory redundancy pay — plus a separate, uncapped compensatory award for actual financial loss. Here's how both work.
Most unpaid internships are illegal in the UK if the intern is doing real work as a 'worker'. Here's how to tell the difference between a genuine work-experience placement and an unlawfully unpaid job.
Making a protected disclosure under the Public Interest Disclosure Act protects employees from dismissal and detriment — with no minimum service requirement and no cap on compensation. Here's how it works.
The Work Capability Assessment decides whether you're treated as unable to work for Universal Credit or Employment and Support Allowance purposes. Here's how the process, groups and scoring work in 2026.
The Employment Rights Bill agenda proposes a right for zero-hours and low-hours workers to be offered guaranteed hours reflecting their regular pattern, plus reasonable notice of shifts. Here's what's confirmed and what's still proposed.
Universal Credit doesn't stop the moment you earn more — it tapers away gradually at 55p for every £1 earned above your work allowance. Here's how the taper actually works and what it means for your take-home position.
How VAT applies to distance selling from the UK to EU consumers in 2026/27, the EU One Stop Shop, and when a UK-based online seller must register for VAT abroad.
How the VAT Flat Rate Scheme works in 2026/27, why the 16.5% limited cost trader rate catches many service businesses, and when the scheme still saves money.
With average UK wedding costs running into five figures, wedding insurance can protect a significant non-refundable deposit against supplier failure or unavoidable cancellation — but policies vary widely in what's actually covered.
