by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 27, 2024 | News
A long Amendment Paper on the Employment Rights Bill has just been tabled. The key proposed changes from the Government include: 1. Extending the time limit for bringing all tribunal claims from 3 months to 6 months. This is a significant change and we have no idea...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 25, 2024 | News
In the recent case of Deksne v Ambitions Limited, the Respondent conceded that it had paid the Claimant’s holiday pay incorrectly. The Claimant claimed unlawful deductions from wages. The Employment Tribunal held that the deductions were out of time as they were not a...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 18, 2024 | News
Alongside their updated technical guidance on sexual harassment and 8-step guide for employers, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published templates to help employers with compliance with the new positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in the...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 12, 2024 | News
In the recent case of Gallagher v McKinnon Auto and Tyres, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the original tribunal’s decision that pre-termination negotiations between the Claimant and the Respondent were inadmissible in his unfair dismissal claim. Under...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 30, 2024 | News
The UK’s tax burden may never have been higher, and we are going to let your accountants and other advisers update you about the finer details of what the first ever female Chancellor of the Exchequer has just revealed, but we do want to inform you about the...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 28, 2024 | News
The part of the recently published Employment Rights Bill dealing with flexible working is actually a bit of a damp squib. While the government has made bold claims about making flexible working the “default” unless an employer can prove otherwise, the changes are in...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 23, 2024 | News
New legislation has been passed to introduce a duty for all employers to take “reasonable steps” to prevent sexual harassment of employees in the course of their employment and the new duty comes into effect on 26 October 2024. So, what exactly are...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 22, 2024 | News
The guaranteed hours provisions in the recently published Employment Rights Bill are extremely complicated and we expect much of the detail will be fleshed out by future regulations. The Government’s measures aim to tackle one-sided flexibility in zero hours...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 17, 2024 | News
An NHS Administrator with a “reduced ability to concentrate in noisy environments” following a brain haemorrhage has been awarded £27,208.74 by an employment tribunal after the NHS Trust she worked for failed to make reasonable adjustments. The Claimant, Rose Davies,...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 10, 2024 | News
As predicted, the government has today confirmed which of its proposed reforms to employment law will actually become law. The most eye-catching one is definitely “Day One” unfair dismissal rights so, when the bill does eventually become law, employees...
