Category: Information
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The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act
The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act received Royal Assent on 2 May 2023 and its main provisions are expected to come into...
June 20th, 2024
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Can Employment Tribunal Compensation be limited by a Contract?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has recently held that a clause in a contract of employment, which purports to limit the...
March 28th, 2024
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Retention of Equal Pay Single Source Protection
In a recent move, the UK Government has announced plans to reinstate equal pay protection measures that were previously axed...
December 7th, 2023
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The risks of using CCTV footage as evidence in hearings
Many employers are unaware of the risks of using CCTV footage as evidence in disciplinary proceedings. After all, with the...
June 8th, 2023
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Discrimination arising from disability
In the recent case of Morgan v Buckinghamshire Council, the Employment Appeal Tribunal found that the dismissal of an employee...
May 25th, 2023
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David Harris discusses the teachers strike on BBC Berkshire
The Teachers strikes in February will mean school closures but can you take time off work and do you get...
January 26th, 2023
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New ACAS guidance on employee suspensions
The Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service (ACAS) recently published new advice on how to handle employee suspensions. Suspending an employee...
December 21st, 2022
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New holiday pay ruling for part-time workers
The Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Harpur Trust v Brazel. The ruling states that holiday...
December 8th, 2022
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Neurodiversity in the workplace
It is estimated that neurodiversity affects between 10 and 20 percent of the global population. Neurodivergent people generally tend to...
November 22nd, 2022
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Temporary workers can now fill in for striking workers
The Government has repealed restrictions that prevent temporary agency workers from filling in for employees who take part in industrial...
November 8th, 2022
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Could long COVID be classified as a disability?
It is now well over a year since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in the UK on 29...
September 28th, 2022
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Long Covid and disability discrimination
The recent case of Burke -v- Turning Point Scotland has found that an employee suffering from long Covid was in...
September 22nd, 2022
