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…

Hello and welcome to our latest employment law update. We had a short break in August, so this month we have packed in tribunal cases, guidance documents and resources to help you navigate the current climate we live in. As always, you can sign up to receive the full update in your inbox here, but…

We’re entering a period of change for many businesses following the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s our guide for employers who are looking to make a change to terms and conditions of employment. If you prefer, you can watch the video here. Transfer situations aside, where the reason for the change relates to or is because of…

Hello and welcome to this months employment law update. Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of our Redundancy Resource Hub for employers and HR professionals. In other news, this month we also cover: An in depth look at two cases from the tribunal that highlight the importance of making good quality decisions at…

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: 27/07/2020 With effect from the 8th June, anyone who returned to the UK from being overseas who was not exempt due to their occupation or because they had travelled from the Common Travel Area, was required to self-isolate for 14 days. From 10 July 2020 individuals will not have to self-isolate when they arrive…

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…

Welcome to this months employment law update. This one is sure to help you over the coming weeks and months as we start to get back on track with the new normal. Our employment law team have had a number of questions surrounding flexible working, and flexible furlough. So we’ve put together some guidance on managing…

Most of us have been distracted by Covid-19 since March and could therefore be forgiven for missing a potentially very disruptive transfer ruling from the European Court of Justice. Where a transfer of undertaking involves multiple transferees, Employees may be transferred to each transferee on a part-time basis. Transferees will be responsible for the termination…

For information on the implications of this decision, please click here. 1. The UK courts have rejected the concept that employees can be transferred to more than one employer where activities are split on transfer. Employees are either sufficiently assigned to one employer that they transfer or, if there is no discernible pattern in the…