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...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 9, 2024 | News
Here is a case which is a very useful reminder to employers that staff who say inappropriate things can land them in some very hot water! Apologies for the fruity language, but an employee who was called a “bald c**t” by his colleague has succeeded in a sex-related...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 3, 2024 | News
The Allocation of Tips Act 2023 came into force on 1 October 2024. The government has already published a statutory Code of Practice, providing guidance to employers and workers in tipping industries, on the fair and transparent allocation and distribution of tips....
by Andrew Macmillan | Sep 30, 2024 | News
The new positive duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace comes into force on 26 October 2024. In light of the new duty, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (ECHR) recently conducted a consultation on proposed...
