Compulsory Covid Jabs To Be Scrapped

Our care home and social care sector clients will no doubt be very pleased to discover that compulsory Covid jabs for care workers are being scrapped in England. The policy was introduced last year (2021) but immunity levels, and the Omicron variant causing less...

Long Covid and Disability Discrimination

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has alarmingly confirmed that 809,000 people have so far self reported as suffering from long Covid! But can long Covid actually constitute a disability under The Equality Act? The answer is potentially YES! Any sensible...

Annual Increase in Compensation Limits

The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2022 has been laid before parliament. This year’s core compensation limit increases are:- a week’s pay (basic award / redundancy payment) – £571 (from £544) maximum compensatory award – £93,878...

Employment Status

Was a cricket club groundsman, operating through his own business, a worker, thereby entitling him to holiday pay? No, decided the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of Waters v The Mote Cricket Club. The Mote Cricket Club has two cricket pitches on grounds...

Employment Law Changes Coming Up for 2022

The annual National Living Wage and Minimum Wage changes are due to come into effect from 1st April 2022 – you can check the relevant gov.uk website for further details and amounts. Statutory Sick Pay will increase to £99.35 per week from 6th April 2022....