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From time to time there may be occasions where children are on your work premises, whether they are accompanying their parent who is a staff member, a pupil / student (including work experience), there for a particular event or if in a public place just passing through. Many family friendly...
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Should employers be paying employees for time travel to a customer’s site? When does the clock start ticking? What counts as working time? Does this apply to employees? Mobile workers? Self employed?
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Since the introduction of the new European law a year ago - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), employers now broach the topic of data differently. Though the concept still remains very similar to the old Data Protection Act, GDPR guidelines has broken down individual rights succulently. ...
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Due to the expansion of social media and technology, employee’s work and private lives are increasingly becoming blurred. Sometimes, it is not clear whether employee’s work and personal lives are separate. This raises issues for employers when acting on managing misconduct outside of work.
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As is often the case employers must deal with incidences where the conduct of their staff might involve a criminal investigation as well as their own internal investigations. Some examples of that are theft, assault, or some other serious conduct that warrants a police investigation.
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Other than in Northern Ireland, there is no statutory right for an appeal to a dismissal, however the ACAS Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievances procedures suggests an appeal should be provided against a decision made by the employer. Normally this would be reflected in a well drafted...
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The government have committed to a wide range of policy and legislative changes that are outlined in the Good Work Plan which was issued in December 2018. The good work plan is the Prime Minister’s way of showing that the UK will continue to protect worker’s rights when the UK leaves the European...
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The talk of a 4 day working week has been on the UK agenda for many years. With work life balance being top of the agenda as well as good mental health, the possibility maybe sooner than you think. Studies have shown that there are many advantages in reducing the working week.
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You can find us on the directory of organisations awarded Cyber Essentials. The Cyber Essentials scheme is designed by the government and industry to help UK organisations with limited experience of cyber security to improve defences.
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There has been a sharp increase in the number of employment tribunal claims submitted over the past few years. After employment tribunal fees were abolished in July 2017 the financial year of 2017/2018 saw 27,916 claims and the year of 2018/2019 received 35,429.
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Settlement agreements are legally binding contracts that are used to end an employment relationship between the employer and employee. They came into effect on 29 July 2013 and they are used to stop individuals bringing a claim to a court or an employment tribunal. The agreement must be in writing...
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No, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) have recently ruled that it is not discriminatory on the grounds of sex, for employers to refuse fathers enhanced shared parental leave (SPL) pay and allow women to be entitled to enhanced maternity pay.
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On Sunday Boris Johnson set out his roadmap of easing England’s lockdown; further guidance was announced on Monday and there is more to follow. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own rules.
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The world is a global market place and it has become more common for employees to travel for business or relocate to an overseas post to promote and enhance the development of trade and services between companies and organisations all around the globe.
Read moreEmployers’ owe a duty to safeguard the health and safety of staff in the workplace. As the lockdown eases, and more employees return to work, employers make their premises safe.
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Under section 15 of the Equality Act 2010, where an employer treats an employee unfavorably because of something arising as consequence of the employees disability then the employer has a defence to such conduct by showing that the treatment was proportionate..
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During the present Covid 19 crisis employers must take special care when handling sensitive personal data about an employee’s health issues. This will apply to data collected about an employee’s ethnicity and race, sexual orientation, political views and union membership.
Read moreCoronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) is to end 31st October 2020 and in recognising the ongoing impact Covid -19 is having on businesses, the Government announced the launch of the Job Support Scheme (JSS) to take affect from 1st November 2020 which is to last for 6 months.
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In the case of Phoenix Academy Trust v Kilroy 2019, following performance investigations and a finding of gross negligence, the employee Mr Kilroy (K) was informed over the telephone of his summary dismissal but...
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In October, the Information Commissioners office updated sections of the Right of Access guidance; although the current principles still stand, the content is more detailed and descriptive.
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