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From 1st January 2021, freedom of movement between the UK and European Union will end. It will be replaced with a new point-based immigration system.
Read moreThere are 5 fair reasons for a dismissal covered under section 98 Employment Rights Act 1996, namely misconduct, incapability, redundancy, statutory illegality and ‘some other substantial reason’ (SOSR).
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Employment Tribunals generally do not order the unsuccessful litigant to pay their legal costs of their opponents. A cost order is a rare occurrence and normally when awarded only a modest payment.
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With the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, face masks seem to be the rage. However, little attention has been paid to the effective use of masks especially in a working environment.
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As an employer, you have the same health and safety responsibilities for those working from home as you do for those working in the employer’s premises. Although the home environment may not pose the same risks as an office, factory or warehouse etc, there are nevertheless other risks that homeworki…
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Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, all employers are obliged to have risk assessments in place, regardless of size or resources.
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Within UK employment law, the splitting of an employee’s employment contract following transfer of services across new multiple business providers (transferees) under Transfer of Undertaking Regulations (TUPE) does not appear to be supported by case law...
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Due to the ongoing Covid crisis for many employers and employees there is a real prospect this year of facing a bleak Christmas.
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With the national covid-19 restrictions coming to end on 2nd December 2020, the UK Government have published their amended Covid Winter Plan; this sets out what steps are to be taken to bring some normality to life by Spring 2021.
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Before embarking on a redundancy process and dismissal; companies must ensure they have exhausted all avenues including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which has been extended to 31st March 2021.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has started carrying out random spot checks and inspections on all types of businesses to check if they are COVID compliant.
Read moreThe Government has announced that all UK employers will be able to access support to continue paying part of their employees’ salary for those employees that would otherwise have been laid off during this crisis.
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If your business has identified that staff cannot work from home, then employers need to make that they have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment to enable the workplace to be reasonably COVID safe.
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UK ceased being a member of the European Union earlier this year and we are now in the transitional period. The transition period runs until the end of 2020; however due to Covid 19 there has been little publicity about what changes will take place until now.
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This week (Monday 16th – Friday 20th November) marks Anti Bullying week. Whether in school or at work, our society has no place for Bullying.
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Where an interaction between 2 people has taken place through a perspex (or equivalent) screen, this would not be considered enough contact, if there has been no other contact such as any of those indicated above.
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Recently the media has highlighted that we are now in the midst of a covid pandemic and that that all people have a responsibility to adhere to the Public Health of England rules, including self-isolation if the employee is at high risk of having covid 19 symptoms.
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Earlier today the government announced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has been extended until 31st March 2021. A new policy paper outlining the extension has been issued; further details will be published on 10th November 2020.
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Statutory maternity pay (SMP) is paid as normal wages for up to 39 weeks of the 52 week maternity leave period at 90% of the employee’s average weekly earnings (before tax) for the first 6 weeks and then at statutory rate of £151.20 or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is lower) for the…
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This year, race for life was held last month to raise awareness about cancer and to bring in vital funds to continue to research more about this deadly disease.
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