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When is a Request to be Accompanied at a Disciplinary Meeting Unreasonable? - as published in Personnel Today
...employment lawyers accept that a worker has the right and that a meeting can be delayed for up to five days if the representative is not available. Can it be as simple as that? Not entirely, as Jerem...
Criminal offences outside work: what can employers do? - as published in HR Magazine
...employment contract requires them to disclose such matters. Even then employees have no obligation to disclose spent convictions unless they work in certain professions or regulated occupations (such ...
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Acas Code does not apply to Dismissal for Some Other Substantial Reason
...employment would be terminated for some other substantial reason, an irretrievable break down in the working relationship. The employment found the dismissal unfair. The procedure adopted was not f...
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Pregnant Workers may be Protected Before Informing Employer of Pregnancy
Pregnant Workers may be Protected Before Informing Employer of Pregnancy Pregnant workers may be protected against dismissal before they notify their employer of their pregnancy, according to the Advo...
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Supreme Court Rules Employment Tribunal Fees Unlawful
...Employment Tribunal Fees Unlawful The Supreme Court has ruled that Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal fees are unlawful as they prevent access to justice and are indirectly discriminat...
Mind the pay gap: enforcing the Equality Act in the workplace - as published in the Lawyer
...employment related constraints on businesses. Yet it also had to acknowledge that the widening pay gap is undesirable. To try to bridge the gap between policy and life on the ground, new laws are bein...
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Injury to feelings compensation for a redundancy tainted by age discrimination should have been taxed
...employment, it is taxable under s401 ITEPA. However, where compensation is paid for injury to feelings in respect of acts of discrimination occurring during employment, it is not taxable. When drawi...
ICO issues new guidance on COVID-19 workplace testing
...employment’. Employers have a legal duty to ensure the health and safety of their workforce, but whether this satisfies the threshold of “necessity” in the second ground will depend on the facts of th...
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New right to carer’s leave: what employers need to know
...employment rights for carers alongside existing employment rights. The Government considers that unpaid carers face challenges unique to them when balancing work and caring responsibilities. Th...
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Employer’s Investigation into Alleged Theft Reasonable
...employment tribunal would have done more. In this case, the employer had investigated the defence put forward at the disciplinary hearing thoroughly and concluded it did not stack up. In those circu...
Creative use of workers during difficult times - Atypical workers - HR MAGAZINE
...employment relationship If introducing flexible working schemes, remember that this may involve changing terms and conditions of employment so tread carefully and take legal advice Consider any flexib...
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Maximum Civil Penalty Fine Increases from £10,000 to £20,000 from 16 May 2014
Maximum Civil Penalty Fine Increases from £10,000 to £20,000 from 16 May 2014 The Immigration (Employment of Adults Subject to Immigration Control) (Maximum Penalty) (Amendment) Order 2014 has been la...
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Government Consults on Taxing Termination Payments
...Employment Rights Act 1996. If this proposal were implemented, it would also introduce two further exemptions for payments for unfair and wrongful dismissal and payments for compensation for loss of ...
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New Startups Must Comply with Workplace Pensions Auto Enrolment Duties Immediately
New Startups Must Comply with Workplace Pensions Auto Enrolment Duties Immediately Startup businesses who employ staff for the first time from 1 October are now subject to the workplace pensions auto-...
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How do Permanent Health Insurance pay outs affect discrimination compensation?
...employment tribunal had been correct not to reduce an employee’s losses by the full amount of Permanent Health Insurance payments he was receiving in circumstances where the Permanent Health Insurance...
Using holiday during the coronavirus pandemic
...employment tribunals and so should be read with that in mind. It is clear from the guidance that: Employees can continue to take their holiday during the pandemic and employers should e...
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Advocate General Opinion on When Collective Redundancy Consultation Obligations are Triggered
Advocate General Opinion on When Collective Redundancy Consultation Obligations are Triggered The obligation to consult on collective redundancies is triggered when a strategic or commercial decision ...
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Holiday Pay Calculations Must Take Commission into Account
...employment contract, this is likely to be the case for most commission arrangements. It is also possible that overtime will have to be included in holiday pay calculations. An appeal to the Employm...
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Holiday Pay Must Include Overtime but Limit Imposed on How Far Back Claims Can Go
...employment contract, such as productivity or attendance bonuses. There may also be advantages in starting to include overtime to limit claims for arrears, as the question of how far back claims can ...
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Dismissal for Smelling of Alcohol at Work was Unfair
Dismissal for Smelling of Alcohol at Work was Unfair An employee’s dismissal for coming to work smelling of alcohol has been found unfair by an employment tribunal. In McElroy v Cambridgeshire Communi...