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...
by Andrew Macmillan | Mar 5, 2024 | News
Did an overarching agency agreement exist between an agency worker and a hirer, such that the agency worker was entitled to ‘suspension pay’ from the hirer during a nine-month period when she was not allowed to book shifts with them? No, decided the Employment Appeal...
by Andrew Macmillan | Feb 28, 2024 | News
The government has announced the annual increase in compensation limits for employment tribunal awards and other statutory payments. They are contained in The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2024. The two most important increases are: maximum compensatory...
by Andrew Macmillan | Feb 26, 2024 | News
Menopause For Thought:- Given the guidance recently issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) clarifying the legal obligations to workers going through the menopause, it really is now essential to put in place a proper Menopause Policy (if you...
by Andrew Macmillan | Feb 20, 2024 | News
The government has published an updated Code of Practice on dismissal and re-engagement (better known as ‘Fire and Rehire’). If it is approved by Parliament, a commencement order will bring the Code into effect, probably later this year. None of the key provisions...
by Andrew Macmillan | Feb 14, 2024 | News
The implementation date for increased illegal working penalties has now been confirmed – the new rates came into force from yesterday, 13 February 2024. From that date, the maximum civil penalty will be £45,000 per illegal employee for a first breach (up from...
by Andrew Macmillan | Feb 8, 2024 | News
According to recent press reports, the Labour party has drafted a Race Equality Bill which extends equal pay rights to BAME and disabled workers. At the moment, the equal pay regime only applies on grounds of sex. This is arguably all potentially rather academic...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jan 31, 2024 | News
ACAS has recently updated its Code of Practice on Flexible Working (currently awaiting parliamentary approval but this is a formality). The updated Code incorporates the changes made to Flexible Working laws with effect from 6 April 2024. Click on the link to see the...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jan 23, 2024 | News
Was an employment tribunal correct to conclude that a contract of employment had been affirmed, when a Claimant waited three months to resign, following a ‘last straw’ breach by the Respondent? No, decided the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in a recent case called...
by Andrew Macmillan | Jan 18, 2024 | News
Did an employment tribunal in a whistleblowing unfair dismissal claim have to give reasons as to why they discounted certain dates of knowledge, put forward in evidence by the decision-maker, in favour of one which fell after the date of the dismissal? No, decided the...
