Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 20 Jun 2018
National Minimum Wage Further Developments The Director of Labour Enforcement, Sir David Metcalf, has released his first full strategy in which he…
Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 13 Jun 2018
The UK's National Minimum Wage (NMW) is hardly new. In fact, it has been with us for nearly 20 years, although it was rebadged for workers over 25 as…
Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 19 Feb 2018
Following the Chancellor’s announcement in November’s budget regarding changes to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates, the…
Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 1 Nov 2017
As more employers are ‘named and shamed’ in the press for paying below the National Minimum Wage, the immediate question is “How can a large employer…
Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 13 Oct 2017
We weren’t very nice on this blog about the original Government Guidance on the Modern Slavery Act, largely because it really wasn’t very good. It…
Squire Patton Boggs | Australia | 31 Jul 2017
In the recent decision of Kaufman v. Jones Lang LaSalle (Vic) Pty Ltd. t/a JLL [2017] FWC 2623 (Kaufman), the Fair Work Commission (FWC) found a…
Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 11 Jul 2017
Matthew Taylor unveiled on 11 July 2017 the results of his review into modern working practices in the UK economy. The review was commissioned by the…
Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 24 Nov 2016
Clearly an area he felt able to concentrate on, the Chancellor announced (or, more commonly, confirmed) a number of employment tax-related changes in…
Squire Patton Boggs | Australia | 18 Aug 2016
On 1 July 2016, the national minimum wage, and high income threshold and compensation caps for unfair dismissal claims all increased. The national…
Squire Patton Boggs | United Kingdom | 18 Sep 2014
The National Minimum Wage rates applying from 1 October: The adult rate for workers aged 21 and over will increase by 19p from £6.31 to £6.50 per…