UK Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) 2026: Eligibility, Amount & Rules
Section A: What is Statutory Sick Pay? Statutory Sick Pay is the legal minimum sick pay that UK employers are required to provide when an employee is unable to work due to illness. It operates as a statutory baseline rather than a discretionary benefit and applies regardless of sector or workforce size. For […]
Sponsor Licence Suspension | What to Do & How to Respond 2026
Section A: What is a Sponsor Licence Suspension? A sponsor licence suspension is one of the most serious compliance actions the Home Office can take against an employer. It is imposed where UKVI believes a sponsor may not be meeting its legal duties, and it immediately restricts the ability to issue new Certificates […]
Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) Cost & Rules 2026
Section A: What is the Immigration Health Surcharge? The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) is an upfront charge paid as part of most UK visa and immigration applications for time-limited immigration permission, including most grants exceeding 6 months and in-country applications to extend or vary permission. It applies each time limited leave is granted, […]
U.S. Green Card 2026: Eligibility, Categories & How to Apply
For UK employers with international operations, US clients or globally mobile senior staff, the term “Green Card” is often misunderstood as a purely personal immigration outcome with little relevance to employer compliance. That assumption is increasingly risky. While a US Green Card grants lawful permanent residence to the individual, it can materially affect workforce planning, […]
O-1A Visa (US) 2026: Eligibility, Requirements & How to Apply
Employers using the O-1A route are usually doing it for one reason: they need a specific individual and they need them in role fast, with minimal cap risk and without the structural constraints of routes like H-1B. That commercial upside comes with a compliance trade-off. The O-1A is a credibility-based classification. If the petition narrative, […]
Term-Time Only Contracts UK 2026: Holiday Pay Rules
Term-time only contracts sit in one of the most litigated corners of UK holiday pay. The risk is rarely about whether someone is “entitled” to paid leave (they are, if they are a worker). The risk is whether the employer has correctly identified (1) what type of worker they are dealing with and (2) which […]
Use-It-or-Lose-It Holiday Policy UK 2026: Rules & Rights
Employers frequently face uncertainty over how to manage unused annual leave, particularly where employees reach the end of the holiday year with untaken entitlement. From a commercial perspective, unused holiday represents cost, disruption and operational risk. From a legal perspective, it represents one of the most common sources of non-compliance under the Working Time Regulations […]
Holiday Pay on Termination UK 2026: How Much & When It’s Paid
Holiday pay on termination of employment in the UK refers to the payment an employee or worker is entitled to for unused annual leave when their employment ends, whether through resignation, dismissal, redundancy, the expiry of a fixed-term contract or another form of termination. What this article is about: This is a compliance-grade employer guide […]
Unlimited Holiday Policy UK 2026: Is It Legal & How It Works
Unlimited holiday policies are increasingly marketed as a modern benefit, particularly in results-driven organisations where output matters more than hours. In the UK, though, “unlimited” is not a legal concept. It is a policy framework layered over statutory rights that still apply in full. That makes this area deceptively high-risk. A policy that looks generous […]
Holiday Entitlement for Irregular Hours UK in 2026
Holiday entitlement for irregular hours workers has become one of the most legally sensitive areas of UK employment law. The combination of variable working patterns, historic case law, payroll complexity and the Government’s 2024 reforms means employers are now exposed to a higher risk of underpayment claims, unlawful deduction disputes and retrospective liability if systems […]