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The HSE’s Fee For Intervention (FFI) scheme was launched in 2012, with the objective of placing the burden of the HSE’s costs on any business in which the HSE have had to intervene due to a material breach in health and safety legislation, and thus reducing the cost to the taxpayer for such action.
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Do Employers have to pay staff for doing "a bit extra" before or after work? The employment tribunal decision in the case of Fitz v Holland and Barrett 2019 gives employers some guidance on such matters.
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An essential part of the redundancy process is trial periods. They apply where the person at risk is given the opportunity to trial working in a different role so that both parties (employer/employee) can decide whether the role is suitable or not.
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Since the UK Supreme Court abolished tribunal fees in July 2017 employment tribunal (ET) claims have continued to increase quarter on quarter. The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) have recently published the latest figures for the quarter October 2018 to December 2018. There has been an increase of 23…
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As part of a disciplinary process, whether to suspend an employee who is under investigation is a common query raised at Quest HR. The judgment of the Court of Appeal in London Borough of Lambeth v Agoreyo 2019 now provides authoritative guidance on such disciplinary suspensions.
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The topic of menopause has become more apparent within the work place today. With more than 3.8 million working women over the age of 50, it is beneficial for the employer to understand the condition as well as the effects that it may have within the workplace.
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From 6 April 2019, new legislation under the Employment Rights Act 1996 will impact employers on how they provide payslips to their workforce. Under the new changes, employers are required to provide itemised payslips to workers under their payroll and not just employees.
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An electrical contractor whose employee suffered electrical burns & being in a coma for three weeks has just been prosecuted and fined a total of £225,000 and ordered to pay £10,662.56 in costs for breaching Regulation 3(1)(a) of the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 after a serious incident wher…
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In the case of The Sash Window Workshop and another v King, the European Court of Justice ruled that anyone deemed to have “worker” status must be able to carry over paid annual leave even if they have not had the opportunity to take this. The judgement made it clear that Sash Window Workshops’ igno…
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With so many different types of contracts of employment available to employees (e.g. zero hours, annualised, casual etc.) working out annual leave entitlement can be a trying situation.
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Global Asbestos Awareness Week (1-7 April 2019) aims to increase awareness of asbestos and prevent exposure by bringing together experts and victims from around the world to share, learn and take action.
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When it comes to a list of concerns in running businesses, employment law issues may come top of the list for many Employers as it is extremely complex with continual changing provisions and can be extremely costly when an organization get it wrong therefore to assist our members, we have picked ou…
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Brexit Employment Law and Legal Advice In a couple of weeks, the UK prepares to leave the EU regardless of whether there is a deal with the EU or not. For many, it is difficult to understand what kind of a deal Britain will be left with, as nothing has been decided. Here on the Employment Law and L…
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The case of Ibrahim v HCA International Ltd UKEAT/0105/18, The Employment Appeal Tribunal on appeal had to determine if a complaint of defamation could be regarded as protected disclosure.
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Where a company provides a lap-top or mobile phone, does an employer have the right to unilaterally change passwords on an employee personal internet account set up by the employee on such devices?
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Businesses will experience an accident / incident of some degree and only by finding the root cause can we hope to prevent it recurring.
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In the past couple of weeks, the media has highlighted HMRC crack down on employers wrongfully deducting monies from their employee’s wages thus bringing their hourly rate of pay below the National Minimum Wage (NMW). This is largely due to human error and the methods employers have used to make suc…
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It’s well known that The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 places a duty on employers to look after their employees – but what about others who are not employees? For example Contractors or Agency workers?
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The gig economy gave rise to two important decisions last year over the employment status of self-employed individuals. In June 2018, the Supreme Court held that a plumber engaged by Pimlico Plumbers under a written agreement which stated the company was not obliged to offer work and he was not o…
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Asda is again making headlines in its Equal Pay claim case. To first bring you up to speed, thousands of Asda employees have claimed that they have been discriminated against by doing comparable work (work of equal value) as their predominately male warehouse workers based in distribution centres.
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