by Andrew Macmillan | Apr 2, 2024 | News
The changes to the rules on flexible working have been confirmed to come into force on Saturday 6 April 2024. You will need to make sure your HR Policies are updated for it. By way of a reminder, the relevant changes are: 1. Employees will be able to make two (not...
by Andrew Macmillan | Mar 20, 2024 | News
With Easter fast approaching, don’t forget that new rates of National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) are coming into force from 1 April 2024. They are… National Living Wage (21 and over): £11.44 per hour 18-20 rate: £8.60 per hour 16-17...
by Andrew Macmillan | Mar 19, 2024 | News
Did an employer make reasonable adjustments when it dismissed a disabled employee rather than placing him in an alternative role on a trial basis? No, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the recent case of Miller v Rentokil. The Claimant worked as a...
by Andrew Macmillan | Mar 14, 2024 | News
Was a tribunal entitled to conclude that there were two ‘principal’ reasons for dismissal in a claim for automatic unfair dismissal on health and safety grounds under section 100(1)(e) Employment Rights Act 1996? No, decided the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT)...
by Andrew Macmillan | Mar 11, 2024 | News
Was an employment tribunal entitled to decide that a decision to dismiss an employee for posting a racist ‘joke’ on his employer’s intranet fell outside the band of reasonable responses? No, decided the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the recent case of Vaultex v...
by Andrew Macmillan | Mar 9, 2024 | News
Happy Saturday! Another really busy week has just come to an end. We are very excited at aiMac-hr to have been approached (this time by a rapidly expanding manufacturing company with UK and overseas markets) to lead their proposed employee engagement and change...
