Government legislation
21Nov
Substantial increase to the National Living Wage and National Minimum WageSet to boost pay for around two million people across the UK, the Government has announced a welcome...
26Jul
Can a lack of belief in transgenderism be a “protected belief” under the Equality Act 2010?Yes, as reiterated by the EAT in the recent case of Mackereth v Department for Work and Pensions and...
08Jun
Right to work in the UKPrior to employing an individual, employers have a duty to carry out certain checks to ensure that t...
09Feb
Was it fair to dismiss an employee who refused to have the COVID-19 vaccination?Yes – in the case of Allette v Scarsdale Grange Nursing Home Ltd. In December 2020 there was a...
30Sep
Are flexible working requests set to change?As people start returning to the workplace, more staff are making flexible working requests which is...
12Aug
When a failure to consider furlough will result in an unfair dismissalThe Employment Tribunal (“ET”) have recently found, in the case of Mhindurwa v Lovingangels Care, th...
06Aug
Compulsory vaccination and its implicationsThe COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had a drastic impact on the UK’s population who require care....
12Jan
Home-schooling and FurloughLast week, HMRC updated their guidance to confirm that employees who are unable to work because they...
12May
Been made redundant when you could have been ‘furloughed’?In response to the Covid19 pandemic, the Government introduced the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme....
21Apr
Your rights: treated unfairly at work because of raising Covid19 concerns?The worldwide spread of Covid19 has forced governments to effectively put their economies into deep-...
