Employment News

COVID-19 Vaccinations now compulsory in care homes

Posted on: Aug 02,2021

The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations)...

Health and Safety Dismissal & COVID-19

Posted on: Jul 21,2021

dismissalhttps://www.employeerescue.co.uk/glossary/health-and-safety/”>Health and Safety Dismissals You are protected from being subjected to a detriment or dismissal...

Health and Safety Detriment extended to workers

Posted on: Jun 09,2021

“Detriment” is a legal term. It means unfair action by an Employer against an Employee...

15 Jibes that proved costly

Posted on: Jun 08,2021

Some workplace jibes qualify as harassment. They will cost you your job, and your employer...

Can your employer rely on anonymous witnesses?

Posted on: May 26,2021

The evidence of witnesses is often crucial to an investigation, particularly in cases of misconduct....

Can your employer force you to take the COVID-19 vaccine?

Posted on: Feb 04,2021

Does your employer have a NO JAB, NO JOB Policy? In the guide Working safely...

What is a Trade Unions duty of care when advising on Employment Disputes?

Posted on: Feb 02,2021

In the High Court case of Langley v GMB and ors, Paul Langley sued his...

Can my employer force me to take the coronavirus vaccine?

Posted on: Jan 12,2021

Can I be forced to get the vaccine? There are three things that need to...

New Rules on ACAS Early Conciliation

Posted on: Dec 01,2020

New rules on ACAS Early Conciliation come into force today. The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and...

Workers’ Right To Picket Upheld By The High Court

Posted on: Nov 20,2020

Workers on strike continue to have the legal right to picket their workplace during...

Are Paranoid Delusions a Disability?

Posted on: Oct 13,2020

Are Paranoid Delusions a Disability? Section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 (EQA 2010) says...

New Guidelines on Face Coverings In The Workplace

Posted on: Sep 29,2020

What is a face covering? A ‘face-covering’ is anything that adequately covers the nose and...

Gender-Fluid & Non-Binary Workers are protected by Equality Act 2010

Posted on: Sep 29,2020

Gender-Fluid & Non-Binary Workers Under Section 7 of the Equality Act 2010, a person has the...

New Jobs Support Scheme Introduced

Posted on: Sep 28,2020

The Government says that it will not be possible to preserve every job or business...

New Coronavirus Law for England

Posted on: Sep 28,2020

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 came into force at midnight on...

Reforms in the Employment Tribunal

Posted on: Sep 21,2020

Employment Tribunal Reforms On 17th September 2020, the Business Minister, Paul Scully announced reforms to...

Dismissal for reputational damage unfair if it is not a formal allegation

Posted on: Sep 12,2020

In K v L the Employment Appeal Tribunal has re-emphasised that in accordance with the...

Foster Carers are Employees

Posted on: Sep 07,2020

In Glasgow City Council v Johnstone, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that foster...

Having no contact with bullying managers is a Reasonable Adjustment

Posted on: Aug 27,2020

Reasonable Adjustments In the case of Mrs S Hill v Lloyds Bank PLC [2020], the...

The Right to work in the United Kingdom

Posted on: Aug 25,2020

The right to work British citizens and those with settled status have an unconditional right...

Furloughed Workers’ Statutory Redundancy and Notice Pay

Posted on: Aug 04,2020

If you are being made redundant, make sure that your redundancy pay is calculated on...

Health and safety, returning to work and Coronavirus

Posted on: Jul 29,2020

Health and Safetywww.employeerescue.co.uk/glossary/health-and-safety/”>Health and Safety on returning to work Your employer has a legal duty...

Employment Rights of Interns

Posted on: Jul 10,2020

Intern Aware says that a paid internship is usually a short-term period of employment aimed...

Flexible Furlough

Posted on: Jun 30,2020

Flexible Furlough comes in tomorrow 1st July 2020. This means that you can work part-time...

Writing an effective witness statement for the employment tribunal

Posted on: Jun 17,2020

Witness Statements in the Employment Tribunal As the person making the claim, your witness statement...

Employment Tribunals COVID 19 Update

Posted on: Jun 01,2020

The Presidents of the Employment Tribunals (E&W, and Scotland) have published FAQs arising from the...

Furlough Scheme Update

Posted on: Jun 01,2020

Changes to the Furlough Scheme The Government has announced the next stages of the Furlough...

Dyson u-turns on get back to work order

Posted on: May 26,2020

According to The Guardian, Dyson has reversed an order that its office-based staff should return...

Sacked employees of Foster Partnership awarded £114k in total

Posted on: May 26,2020

A defunct Kent firm has been ordered to pay £114,000 to former employees after a...

Furlough scheme extended until end of October 2020

Posted on: May 12,2020

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced today that the Furlough Scheme will be extended for...

Coronavirus Furlough Scheme: Questions & Answers

Posted on: Apr 15,2020

The Coronavirus Furlough Scheme applies to all workers who were on the PAYE payroll on...

List of Critical Sector Workers in the Coronavirus Outbreak

Posted on: Apr 09,2020

Guidance on Critical Sector Workers The Government has published Guidance for schools, colleges and local...

No vicarious liability for vindictive actions of employees

Posted on: Apr 07,2020

Vicarious Liability Morrisons Supermarkets are breathing a sigh of relief since the Supreme Court ruling...

Coronavirus – Restrictions on Movement and Gatherings

Posted on: Mar 30,2020

Restrictions on movement and gatherings The government has made The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England)...

Coronavirus and Employment Restrictions

Posted on: Mar 30,2020

Restricted Businesses The government has made The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 which...

Coronavirus Guidance on staying at home

Posted on: Mar 24,2020

Following the Prime Minister’s coronavirus guidance at 8.30pm on 23rd March 2020, the Government has...

Coronavirus self isolation flowchart

Posted on: Mar 23,2020

Employment Tribunal Hearings during coronavirus outbreak

Posted on: Mar 19,2020

The Presidents of the Employment Tribunals (England & Wales, and Scotland) have issued Presidential Guidance...

Courts and Tribunals COVID-19 preparation

Posted on: Mar 13,2020

Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) has provided advice and guidance for all court...

A flawed disciplinary investigation will lead to a finding of unfair dismissal

Posted on: Mar 12,2020

In Uddin v London Borough of Ealing [2020] the investigator withheld information from the disciplinary...

Reasonable adjustments and Provision, Criterion or Practice (PCP)

Posted on: Mar 03,2020

In disability discrimination claims, employers have a duty to make reasonable adjustments if the disabled...

Is it fair to dismiss an employee who has been charged with a criminal offence, but not convicted?

Posted on: Feb 24,2020

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled in Allan Lafferty v Nuffield Health [2019] , that...

Is a belief that men and women cannot change their sex a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010?

Posted on: Feb 20,2020

No said the Employment Tribunal in Maya Forstater v CGD Europe [2019]. Refusing to accept...

I Lost my Job Over a Facebook Post – Was that Fair ?

Posted on: Feb 20,2020

[ see Social Media and Unfair Dismissal: Don’t Tweet your way to a P45] Social...

It is not discriminatory to pay women more says Court of Appeal

Posted on: Feb 19,2020

Ali v Capita and Hextall v Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police (joined cases) The...

Court cancels suspension and orders Employee back to work

Posted on: Feb 15,2020

In Harrison v. Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, the High Court cancelled...

Guidance on Gagging Orders at work

Posted on: Feb 11,2020

Gagging Orders://www.employeerescue.co.uk/glossary/acas-helpline/”>ACAS has pubworker new Guidance on the use of Non-disclosure Agreements also known as...

Who regulates and enforces Employment Rights?

Posted on: Feb 06,2020

Is your answer to this question, ‘the state’? If it is, then you are...

Beards and dress codes in the limelight

Posted on: Feb 04,2020

In R Sethi v Elements Personnel Services Limited, an Employment Tribunal said that a ‘no...

Coronavirus and Work – Keeping Safe

Posted on: Jan 31,2020

The coronavirus has been identified in a growing number of countries, including Canada, the...

Post -Brexit employment rights

Posted on: Jan 28,2020

Having now left the European Union, the question arises as to what happens to employment...

Legal right to paid parental bereavement leave

Posted on: Jan 24,2020

The legal right to paid parental bereavement leave is called “Jack’s Law” in memory of...

Reasonable adjustments should be made for sickness absence triggers

Posted on: Jan 23,2020

In Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust v Ward the Employment Appeal Tribunal...

EHRC Guidance on Sexual Harassment and Harassment at Work

Posted on: Jan 21,2020

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published new technical Guidance on Sexual Harassment...

National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage Rates 2020

Posted on: Jan 14,2020

National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage Rates are set to increase from 1st April...

Is there a difference between strong management and bullying at work?

Posted on: Dec 20,2019

ACAS describes bullying at work as ‘offensive, intimidating, malicious or insulting behaviour, an abuse or...

Consequences of a flawed disciplinary investigation

Posted on: Dec 13,2019

Your employer must be procedurally fair during a disciplinary investigation. The case of Retirement Security...

You can be a worker or an employee even if you’re paid through your own limited company

Posted on: Dec 11,2019

People sometimes work through an intermediary, such as their own personal services company. Companies generally...

Proving discrimination

Posted on: Dec 06,2019

Having rock solid evidence of discrimination is important because it is up to you to ...

New EU Protection for Whistleblowers

Posted on: Dec 02,2019

On 7 October 2019 the European Council approved the Whistleblower Protection Directive. The Directive guarantees...

Labour’s Manifesto promises for workers

Posted on: Nov 26,2019

The Labour Party has published its Manifesto for the 12 December 2019 general election. Policies...

Whistleblowing Protection

Posted on: Nov 05,2019

Whistleblowers have the right not to be dismissed or subjected to detrimental treatment because they...

Best Practice Guidelines on Confidentiality Agreements in Discrimination Cases

Posted on: Nov 04,2019

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has this week published new Guidance: The use of...

The Stalking Protection Act 2019

Posted on: Oct 11,2019

This new Act provides stalking protection orders. These are civil orders available on application by...

Unfair Dismissal Time Limits in the Employment Tribunal

Posted on: Sep 10,2019

Employment Tribunal Time Limit Extensions There are two kinds of time limit for every Tribunal...

Health is everyone’s business

Posted on: Sep 03,2019

The Government has published Health is everyone’s business: proposals to reduce ill health-related job loss, a...

Unlawful inducement of trade union members

Posted on: Aug 31,2019

Inducements to trade union members to forgo collective bargaining are normally unlawful and employers...

Measures announced to combat Sexual Harassment at Work

Posted on: Jul 23,2019

Measures announced to combat Sexual Harassment at Work The Women and Equalities Select Committee reported...

EQUAL PAY: COURT OF APPEAL RULES IN FAVOUR OF ASDA EMPLOYEES

Posted on: Jul 23,2019

Brierley and Ors v Asda Stores Ltd [2019] EWCA CIV 44 Over 7,000 predominantly female...