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.
The VAT registration threshold is £90,000 in 2026/27. Here's when registration becomes compulsory, when voluntary registration makes sense, and whether the Flat Rate Scheme saves or costs you money.
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.
Unlike Tax-Free Childcare or the closed childcare voucher scheme, the workplace nursery exemption under s.318 ITEPA has no cap on the tax and NI relief available — if strict conditions are met.
UK auto-enrolment requires a minimum 8% total workplace pension contribution — 5% employee, 3% employer. Here's how the qualifying earnings band works, opt-out mechanics, and the policy debate over raising minimums further.
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.
If your business buys expensive property, computer equipment or aircraft and its taxable use changes over time, the VAT Capital Goods Scheme requires you to adjust your original input VAT claim annually. Here's how it works.
If your business spends very little on goods, the VAT Flat Rate Scheme forces you onto a 16.5% rate regardless of your trade sector — often wiping out the scheme's benefit entirely. Here's the exact test.
