As an employer, you may find it difficult to grasp certain parts of employment law since it is prone to change. However, you must be aware of the rules in employment law to ensure you fulfil your legal responsibilities. If you fail to fulfil your legal obligations correctly, your employee may make a claim against you in an employment tribunal. This can result in you paying compensation and damaging your business’ reputation. Hence, this article will explain five crucial parts of employment law you, as an employer, need to know in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Minimum Wage<\/a> is the minimum amount you must pay your workers per hour. Since the National Minimum Wage changes annually to stay in line with inflation, you must change your staff’s wages as required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As of October 2022, the rates for the National Minimum Wage are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n You should know that specific payments do not count towards the National Minimum Wage. These payments include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is illegal to discriminate<\/a> against an employee based on nine protected characteristics during employment. Discrimination is illegal from when you recruit staff until the moment you dismiss staff. Therefore, you cannot make any employment decisions based on a protected characteristic unless<\/em> the decision positively accommodates the employee in your workplace. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The nine protected characteristics are:<\/p>\n \n Illegal discrimination also includes discriminating against another person because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ultimately, you can face a claim at an employment tribunal if you illegally discriminate against an employee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Continue reading this article below the form\n <\/i>\n<\/a>\n2. Discrimination Law<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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