Overview
- Business advisory firm Azets is warning employers in Hampshire and Dorset to prepare now for the new enforcement regime.
- The agency’s remit covers statutory sick pay, statutory holiday entitlement, agency worker protections and national minimum wage, as well as modern slavery and gangmasters licensing.
- Investigations may include entering premises, interviewing staff and inspecting documents and equipment.
- Underpayment notices for holiday or sick pay can reach back six years, with arrears required to be paid within 28 days.
- Employers must keep records demonstrating compliance with statutory holiday entitlement for six years, with risks that include financial penalties, public naming and representation of workers in Employment Tribunal cases.