Welcome to the first update of 2021! We’re kicking off the year with a selection of interesting cases from the Tribunal, including: Indirect discrimination in Heskett v Secretary of State for Justice Whistleblowing in Simpson v Cantor Fitzgerald Breach of Contract in Palmeri v Charles Stanley We’ve also got a quick update on National Minimum Wage and IR35 and, yes, we have…

As we head into the third official lockdown in the UK, our clients are asking us how best to help their employees navigate the challenges that these restrictions bring to everyday life. As schools close their doors, parents are faced with home-schooling alongside working from home. For key workers, the option to send their children…

The coronavirus is giving rise to a variety of challenging issues for employers, particularly due to the ever changing national and regional laws and guidelines relating to lockdowns. At the time of writing (01/10/2020) a number of regions around the UK are in, or are embarking on imminent lockdowns with a number of further regions…

Today we are launching our new Redundancy Resource Hub for employers and HR professionals. Following the popularity of our Coronavirus Resource Hub over the last few months, and as we move forward into a period of change and uncertainty for many employers, we wanted to help as much as we can. So, we’ve been hard…

Updated 17/12/2020 With effect from the 8th June, anyone who returned to the UK from being overseas who was not exempt due to their occupation (see here for more information) or because they had travelled from the Common Travel Area, was required to self-isolate for 14 days.  From 14th December the self-isolation period was reduced…

Back in December 2019 we spent some time looking at the legal responsibilities for employers when dealing with flexible working requests. Although this was written pre-Covid-19 pandemic, the legal framework remains the same. We look at who can submit a request, how employers should deal with requests, refusing a request if you need too and…

If it’s becoming apparent that your employees’ duties, work locations or times when work is done need to change when they return to work after a period of furlough leave, how do you achieve it? The first step is to identify whether you have the right to make the change in the contract, so start…

All employers are having to react to the challenges arising from the Coronavirus outbreak. For many, this means a switch to working from home for an extended period of time. Its unfamiliar territory for some, and can be especially tricky for managers with teams of people around them that they now need to manage remotely.…

Coronavirus is giving rise to a variety challenging employee relations issues. Whilst each case will need to be dealt with on its own merits, there are some common approaches that employers may wish to adopt as a framework to help make decisions when issues of a similar nature arise. We have put together a short…

All employers are having to react to the challenges arising from the Coronavirus outbreak. The welfare and protection of staff is paramount, coupled with the economic implications and consequent organisational changes. In particular, the advice around social distancing has resulted in many employers having to introduce measures for staff to work at home and stop…