Employers can be held vicariously liable for discriminatory acts by employees - even if the event is held off site and out of normal working hours. Under the Equality Act 2010, protection from harassment covers sexual harassment as well as unwanted conduct on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation. Employers should ensure that their policy on harassment is up to date, and has been brought to the attention of all e

An employer can ask a prospective employee to complete a medical questionnaire, but only after it has made them a job offer and only if it complies with data protection requirements. Section 60(1) of the Equality Act 2010 prohibits employers from asking job applicants questions about their health before offering them employment (with some very limited exceptions). If an employer intends to ask prospective employees to complete a medical questionnaire after making them an offe

Mileage Allowance Payments (MAPs) represent the tax-free reimbursements an employing body can provide to staff who use their own personal vehicles for business travel. Under HMRC guidelines, these payments remain exempt from reporting up to a designated "approved amount" each tax year. Following the Chancellors economic address to the Commons on 21 May 2026, the government introduced measures to assist families and businesses with rising living costs. This includes a 10p-per-

From April 2026 SSP has been fundamentally reformed. All employing bodies must adhere to these updated statutory minimums before applying any enhanced occupational provision: Day-One Entitlement: The previous three-day "waiting period" has been abolished. Employees are now entitled to SSP from the first full day of sickness absence. Universal Eligibility: The Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) has been removed. All employees, including part-time and lower-paid staff, now qualify fo

Yes, job applicants have the right to see interview notes if the notes are either transferred to computer or form part of a "relevant filing system". The UK General Data Protection Regulation (retained from EU Regulation 2016/679 EU) (UK GDPR) gives job applicants and other data subjects the right to request copies of personal data that an employer holds about them. The UK GDPR covers personal data put on paper and held in a structured filing system, as well as computerised p