10 07, 2023

Employment Tribunal claims increase in 2023

By |2023-07-10T09:08:09+00:00July 10th, 2023|employment law, Law|Comments Off on Employment Tribunal claims increase in 2023

Employment Tribunal Cases During the period between January and March 2023, the Employment Tribunals received a total of 23,000 claims. Out of these, 8,100 were single claims, representing a 5% [...]

23 05, 2022

Excluding colleagues from social events is victimisation

By |2022-05-23T10:12:29+00:00May 23rd, 2022|HR Advice, Law|Comments Off on Excluding colleagues from social events is victimisation

A recent Tribunal case has found that a colleague who was excluded from a works night out organised by colleagues amounted to a form of victimisation. The Tribunal Court found [...]

2 11, 2020

Extended Furlough and Lockdown rules – November 2020

By |2020-11-02T12:31:39+00:00November 2nd, 2020|HR Advice, Law|Comments Off on Extended Furlough and Lockdown rules – November 2020

Following the Government announcement on 31st October regarding the proposed period of lockdown starting on Thursday 5th November through to December 2nd we have pulled together some notes on three main [...]

1 10, 2020

Self Isolation – new rules for employers and employees

By |2020-10-01T09:25:46+00:00October 1st, 2020|Law, People Management, Sickness|Comments Off on Self Isolation – new rules for employers and employees

On 28th September The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 came into force, tightening and clarifying the legal duties for employers and employees needing to self isolate. Under the new regulations, [...]

1 07, 2020

Flexible Furlough Scheme and Varying Contract Terms

By |2020-07-01T15:10:49+00:00July 1st, 2020|HR Advice, Law, none|Comments Off on Flexible Furlough Scheme and Varying Contract Terms

With the introduction of the flexible furlough scheme it's important that all employers remember that an employer should not assume that because an employee has accepted a previous period of [...]

20 03, 2020

Clarifying short time working and layoff

By |2020-04-22T07:27:15+00:00March 20th, 2020|HR, HR Advice, Law, Reward, Reward|Comments Off on Clarifying short time working and layoff

Short time working is when an employee does some work on their normal day but for less hours or receives less than half their normal weekly wage.  For example, the [...]

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