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Disability Discrimination: Expensive adjustments were not reasonable
...employment tribunal has found that FCO did not breach its duty to make reasonable adjustments for Ms Cordell (a deaf senior diplomat) when it withdrew an offer to post her to Kazakhstan. Ms Cordell is...
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Sickness during a period of annual leave
...Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) was recently asked to consider whether a worker who was absent for a whole year due to sickness forfeited the entitlement to annual leave by failing to submit a reques...
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FCA and PRA Publish Final Rules on Regulatory References
...employment. However, firms will not be required to obtain a full regulatory reference when recruiting from their own firm or another group company, provided that the group’s internal policies and pro...
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Doubling of the Immigration Health Surcharge from 8 January 2019
Doubling of the Immigration Health Surcharge from 8 January 2019 Following on from our blog on 16 October 2018, the Home Office has now increased the Immigration Health Surcharge and the new fees will...
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Whistleblowing protection extended by Supreme Court
...employment tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and Court of Appeal all ruled she was not a worker and so could not bring a claim. Instead she was an office holder. Ms Gilham appealed to the Su...
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Frontier Worker Permit – an alternative to EUSS status?
...employment in the UK while remaining resident outside the UK will need to apply for a visa through the new points-based immigration system Frontier Worker Permits and your EU employees In orde...
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Doyle Clayton advises on the sale of one of the world’s leading conversational AI agencies
...employment law teams, we provided corporate transactional advice and assisted with employment aspects of the deal. Working closely with Vixen Labs, we ensured the transaction was completed as efficien...
The Apprentice - Episode Ten – Lawyer’s Summary
...employment situation I think Gary and Charleine would have been on my hit list – putting their employer at risk of criminal prosecution and creating a whistleblower. Ultimately it was Brett Butler-Smy...
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Unfair dismissal: No likely compensation not a ground to strike out the claim
...Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds appeal The Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld Dr Evans’ appeal. It noted the tribunal had failed to acknowledge the potential value to him of a finding of unfair dis...
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Allison Bailey wins her discrimination case
Allison Bailey wins her discrimination case Garden Court Chambers discriminated against gender critical barrister In one of the most keenly followed Employment Tribunal cases of recent years, D...
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Consultation on Draft Approved Code of Practice (ACOP): Safe Work in Confined Spaces
Consultation on Draft Approved Code of Practice (ACOP): Safe Work in Confined Spaces This consultative document seeks views on the revised version of the Approved Code of Practice (L101) relating to ...
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Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 Guidance
Safety signs and signals: The Health and Safety (Safety Signs and Signals) Regulations 1996 Guidance New guidance has been published to help employers, dutyholders and others with responsibility for ...
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We are moving: Doyle Clayton – Reading moves to Apex Plaza
...employment law, business immigration, pensions, regulatory and privacy, notarial, health and safety and also HR services and consultancy. The Reading team will move to Apex Plaza on 25th March 2019. O...
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Immigration Q&A with London & Partners
Immigration Q&A with London & Partners Doyle Clayton business immigration experts Anita de Atouguia (Partner) and Liz Timmins (Legal Director) feature in London & Partners series of Covid19 ...
Furlough: Updated HMRC guidance confirms employees who are home-schooling are eligible for furlough
Furlough: Updated HMRC guidance confirms employees who are home-schooling are eligible for furlough HMRC’s updated furlough guidance confirms employers can furlough employees who are unable to work du...
Get your business IR35 ready in just one month?
...employment status expert - Declan Bradley and includes HMRC investigation specialist - Andrew Timpson, IR35 tech solutions provider - Ray Walker and Julia Kermode - the founder of a contractor fo...
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Plans to simplify holiday calculations (for part-year & irregular hour workers)
...employment (until a 52-week reference period can be used), the Government proposes that workers should accrue 1/12 of their annual entitlement at the end of each month, based on the actual hours worke...
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Carl Borg-Neal awarded £486,000 for unfair dismissal
...Employment Tribunal’s (“the ET”) ruling in August 2023, Doyle Clayton client, Carl Borg-Neal, has been awarded £486,000 (net before interest and tax – likely to be over £800,000 total award) for being...
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The new Immigration Skills Charge – what employers need to know
...employment from a different sponsor; Where the worker is applying from outside the UK for a visa that is for less than 6 months – for example, if they are coming across to the UK for 4 months on a Tie...
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Chambers 2023: Doyle Clayton receives recognition
...Employment team receives both group and individual recognition Our Employment team continues to perform strongly, with Reading retaining its top ranking, and London being ranked for its work fo...