The UK Government announced in 2021 that it intends to introduce the "Single Enforcement Body" to take lead on enforcing various employment rights on behalf of vulnerable employees.
This body will have a varied remit and diverse range of responsibilities, and its impact could have potentially huge repercussions for UK employers as the government looks to make a significant departure from what we have been used to previously.
In this video chat miniseries, we unpack several areas of employment law that could come under the SEB's remit, exploring recent notable cases related to these areas, and analyse whether 2022 could be one of the most important years for the enforcement of employment rights.
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Episode One: UK Single Enforcement Body
We are joined by Stephen Ratcliffe and Richard Cook in episode one with a topic that has been one of the inspirations behind the series, the UK's proposed Single Enforcement Body. The government recently announced that it intends to introduce this body to take lead on enforcing various employment rights on behalf of vulnerable employees. Tune in to hear about the varied remit of the SEB and its responsibilities, and why this could have potentially huge repercussions for UK employers as the government looks to make a significant departure from what we have been used to previously.
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Episode Two: Holiday Pay
In this episode Richard Cook and Amy Ling discuss how the inclusion of holiday pay in the government's proposed single enforcement body remit is expected to put employers under increased scrutiny as they handle arrangements in this sensitive, and often tricky, area to navigate.
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Episode Three: National Minimum Wage
In this episode, Stephen Ratcliffe and Oliver Moreton cover some of the key issues that employers need to consider, including the different types of work under the legislation, what counts as working time, the payments that count towards minimum wage, and the deductions that reduce pay for the purposes of minimum wage calculations.
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Episode Four: Holiday Pay (Part two) - Harpur Trust v Brazel
episode four, which is part two of our holiday pay focus during which we've explored key considerations for employers who are managing the thorny issue of holiday pay. This episode builds on that discussion with analysis of the Supreme Court's recent decision in the Harpur Trust v Brazel case, which is likely to require many employers to change the way they calculate holiday pay for atypical workers such as casual, bank and zero hours staff (amongst others). Richard Cook and Amy Ling dissect the case, explore how this will impact those groups, and look at some practical ways employers can mitigate the impact of the decision.
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