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#LetsTalkMS. This year MS Awareness week will take place starting 18th April 2022. The purpose is to promote and to raise awareness about Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Employers should consider promoting MS Awareness through their own internal team meetings and/or memos/literature.
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Ms Kong (K) was employed as Head of Financial Audit of the Gulf International Bank (UK). She raised certain concerns which were classed as “protected disclosures”, in particular that a legal agreement relating to a new investment product being offered to investors was not suitable.
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Claims for holiday pay come under Working Time Regulations (WTR) and/or under the unlawful deduction of wages provisions within the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA). Regulation 30 of the (WTR) requires that a claim must be brought within 3 months of the date when the alleged right would have been pe…
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In the case of Cassidy v the Daimler Foundation (2021), a teenager successfully won a direct age discrimination case. Cassidy was 14 years old (in December 2019) when she secured a waitressing job at the Daimter Foundation and was dismissed after working 2 Saturdays as she was considered ‘too young’…
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The Supreme Court made an important key decision in the case of Kostal UK Ltd vs Dunkley and others. It decided that that employer must not make a direct approach to employees before collective bargaining procedure has been completed.
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No Smoking Day in the United Kingdom will fall on Wednesday March 9th, 2022. Its purpose is to make you aware about the negative effect on your health from smoking and the benefits of stopping the addiction to nicotine. The message is clear it is never too late to quit smoking.
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In March 2016, there was a fire at a BUPA Care Home in London. A 69yr old wheelchair bound resident died in the fire, whilst smoking in a designated shelter. The victim was prescribed and had applied a paraffin-based cream to his body.
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In recent news, the Government comments that though the virus will not completely eradicate, many have now been vaccinated and with covid positive numbers decreasing, the rules, once more, will be changing.
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Umbrella companies are a method to support an ever-changing labour market, where labour trends can be met more flexibly and with less rigidity. However, they are relatively unknown, and this article aims to highlight some of its features.
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The Court of Appeal for England and Wales has decided that an employer, in the case of Chell v Tarmac Cement and Lime Ltd cannot be held vicariously liable when an employee’s practical joke in the workplace causes an injury to another person.
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It is a term used to describe the sensation of hearing a sound in the absence of any external source. It is an involuntary act of hearing a sound. People experience different symptoms, but most commonly they include a ringing in the ears, humming sound or buzzing in the ear.
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The Court of Appeal has decided that a courier’s status was that of a worker in the case of Stuart Delivery Ltd v Augustine. The courier was contracted with the company to offer a time slot to cover for other couriers and was obliged to perform this service personally.
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For many businesses, the purpose of making contact with ‘occupational health (OH)’ is to establish if an employee is well enough to resume work. OH physicians consults with the employee about their health (physical/mentally) to determine if the employee is able to resume work as normal or if reasona…
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February marks LGBTQ+ history month. The term LGBTQ+ means lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. LGBTQ+ history month began in the UK in February 2005 when section 28 (which prohibits homosexuality) of the Employment Equality (sexual orientation) regulation 2003 was abolished.
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With the ongoing Covid crisis many employers will face the real possibility of staff shortages as employees isolate to recover from Covid.
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Wessex Water, Morrisons, Next and now Ikea have implemented a change to their sickness pay arrangements for unvaccinated staff who need to self-isolate because of Covid by reducing their sick pay entitlement in certain circumstances.
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In a tribunal hearing held in Manchester, December 2021, Judge Mark Leach concluded that the belief of catching covid 19 is not a protected characteristic and does not meet the criteria for a philosophical belief under section 10 of the Equality Act 2010.
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A sawmill has been fined after a worker injured his finger when his hand encountered the moving parts of a machine.
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Employers have been reminded by the Employment Appeal Tribunal of the importance of dealing with flexible working request in a timely manner.
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Employers and HR practitioners should take special note that for a limited period there will be a change to the normal statutory sick pay requirements due to the demands on the NHS and to help free GPs for the booster campaign against Covid.
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