Reasonable Adjustments

Does an employer need to know the specifics of a disabled person’s substantial disadvantage before being required to make reasonable adjustments? No, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decided in the recent case of AECOM Limited v Mallon, dismissing the...

Harassment at Work

The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill was introduced last year as a Private Members Bill and is supported by the government. As originally drafted, it pledged to protect staff from (a) harassment committed by third parties and (b) introduce a new...

New ACAS Guidance on Sickness Absence

Acas have released new and updated guidance on sickness absence which covers: checking holiday entitlement and sick pay; fit notes and proof of sickness; time off for dependants/parents; returning to work after absence; creating absence policies; recording and...

Redundancy Payment

Did an employment tribunal err in its approach when finding that the unilateral variation of a nurse’s contract to move her from a band 6 role to a band 5 role was not an actual dismissal in the Hogg v Dover College sense? Yes, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal...

Subject Access Requests by Employees

Nigel Farage’s recent high profile dispute with Coutts Bank has brought subject access requests (SARs) back into focus but what exactly are they? A subject access request is a request by an individual to access their personal information held by any data...

Flexible Working

The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 has completed its passage through Parliament and now awaits Royal Assent. There are several things it changes about the current flexible working regime and several (possible more notable) things that it does not. In...