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...
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...
