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…
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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…
Flexible working request law is changing, but employers can still refuse for eight permitted reasons
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…
The Autumn Statement delivered by Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt on 17 November confirmed the new national minimum wage rates and in particular that the national living wage was going up from £9.50 to £10.42. All…
Following on from the recent series we did on hybrid working, another subject springs to mind in this context – that of monitoring employees remotely and data protection. It is axiomatic that it is…
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