Articles by ‘Gemma Ospedale’

Monday’s recent edition of the Racing Post saw some welcome publicity for a phenomenal new initiative designed to improve the quality of the working lives of people in the racing industry

Our Employment & HR team brings the October review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News  This months newsletter provides readers with new around: Annual leave and holiday pay Long-term sickness statistics Neonatal…

When we left the European Union there was speculation that the government would rethink some of the legislation which we had been forced to adopt as a result of being members. While much of…

Our Employment & HR team brings the second part of June’s review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News:  The government has announced a number of important changes that it is proposing to…

Our Employment & HR team brings June’s review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News:  The annual changes to the national minimum and living wage took effect from 1 April 2023 as follows:…

Tesco – the introduction of fire and rehire You may remember the dispute over the practice of fire and rehire which reached the Court of Appeal in the case of the union, USDAW and…

The Government has announced the commencement of consultation into the calculation of holiday pay for part-time/part-year workers, following the Supreme Court decision in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel, which held that those…

Our Employment & HR team brings January’s review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News:  The Government has announced the commencement of consultation into the calculation of holiday pay for part time/part year…

The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy has recently published the government’s response to the flexible working consultation, and it would appear a number of recommendations will be enshrined in legislation in the…

The House of Commons Commission didn’t appear to need their disciplinary policies recently, after an employment tribunal claim against them was successfully defended to the EAT. The Commission dismissed a cleaner who was persistently…

Our Employment & HR team brings the second instalment of December’s review of new legislation, guidance and case law. News:  The Insolvency Service, which announced in April that it had begun formal criminal and…

Our Employment & HR team brings its monthly review of new legislation, guidance and case law.   Commentary    Dismissal fair despite lack of disciplinary policy The EAT case of Tijani v House of…