By Heather McKinlay and Jennifer Marsden-Lambert Second Chapter is here to keep you up to date with the most important payroll updates...

Over the last few weeks we have been Preparing for the Worker Protection Act 2023, which will impact workplace regulations and creates...

By Laura Davies and Jennifer Marsden-Lambert For the first time in over a decade the UK has a Labour government. Now their position in...

By Heather McKinlay We are all very excited to announce some major news here at Second Chapter HQ, as our business is expanding so too is...

By Faye Lewis This year is proving to be particularly busy with employment law changes. To help you summarise, we have created this...

Well done to Tim S with a winning guess of 80! There were in fact...82 sweets in the jar! Your sweets will be winging their way to you...

By Faye Lewis Entering this new year, we're seeing big changes in how holiday entitlements and pay are handled at work. The government...

By Heather McKinlay The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) has recently launched a consultation on a draft Code of...

By Heather McKinlay UPDATE: A huge thank you to all our friends, family and clients who donated and took part in our quiz last night in...

By Faye Lewis The Government is rolling out Covid and flu vaccinations a month earlier than planned this year, and as flu season...

By Faye Lewis Coming from an events management background slowly taught me that I loved two distinct parts of the sector, organisation...

By Jennifer Marsden-Lambert What does flexible working mean? Flexible working is simply a way of working that suits an employee’s needs,...

By Heather McKinlay SNP MP Stuart McDonald, along with extensive support from the charity Bliss, saw his Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay)...

From April 2023, there are a number of changes to statutory payments in the UK. In particular, we would encourage employers to check they...

By Heather McKinlay This month has seen the UK's biggest day of industrial action in over a decade as teachers, university staff, train...

By Jennifer Marsden-Lambert Following a number of high profile cases, where companies such P&O Ferries and Tesco hit the news, the...

We have heard that some insurers have been contacting their business customers to warn of planned power outages in the UK this winter. It...

By Laura Knowles You may have heard recently that there have been some discussions in the news about the potential changes to the IR35...

Our director, Jen, muses on the impact of Black Friday on employers, especially during a cost of living crisis.

By Heather McKinlay Financial wellbeing is now more important than ever, considering the rising cost of living crisis that has hit the UK...