A probationary period doesn't strip away your basic statutory rights — minimum wage, holiday, and protection from discrimination all apply from day one, even though unfair dismissal protection takes longer.
Employees on maternity leave (and now extended protected periods) get priority over other employees for suitable alternative vacancies during redundancy. Here's how the protection works and what a breach looks like.
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.
Payments made for agreeing to a new or extended restrictive covenant (non-compete, non-solicit) when leaving a job are fully taxable as employment income — they don't share the £30,000 termination exemption. Here's why.
A UK settlement agreement is only legally binding if the employee gets independent legal advice — and the employer usually pays a tax-free contribution towards it. Here's how the exemption works.
Statutory redundancy pay isn't a flat rate per year of service — it uses an age-banded multiplier that pays more for years worked over 41. Here's exactly how the calculation works.
The statutory redundancy pay cap limits both the weekly pay used in the calculation and the effective maximum payout. Here's exactly why higher earners are affected and when enhanced schemes fill the gap.
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.
Private school fees have carried 20% VAT since January 2025. Here's what's taxed, what's still exempt, a worked cost example, and planning considerations for parents in 2026.
