Archive
bar
Whistleblowing dismissals – Employment Appeal Tribunal decision
Kong v Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited Whistleblowing dismissals – The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the Employment Tribunal’s decision that an Employee who had made whistleblowing disclosures had not been unfairly dismissed despite making protected disclosures. Facts Ms Kong was employed by Gulf International Bank (UK) Limited as Head… Read More
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace consultation: the government’s response
The government released its response to the consultation on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace on 21 July 2021. At the forefront of that response was a pledge to provide “further protections to employees who are victims of sexual harassment in the workplace, whilst also furnishing employers with the motivation and… Read More
Implications for employers of lifting Covid-19 restrictions
Step 4 – implications for employers The government has published its COVID-19 Response: Summer 2021 (Roadmap) setting out the details of step 4 of the roadmap out of restrictions for England. The restrictions are scheduled to be lifted on 19 July 2021. The full guidance can be found here:… Read More
New Guidance on severance payments and approval for public sector employers
The government has published new guidance for the public sector on making termination of employment/severance payments to employees. Click here to read the guidance. Public sector employers are already bound by “Managing Public Money” guidance and are required to obtain HM Treasury approval for certain types… Read More
Covid-19, the employer and the self-isolating member of staff
We know that if we have Covid-19, we need to protect those around us. Whilst that is essential and mandatory, so too is self-isolation for those who have been in close contact with someone who has Covid-19; but what should workers and their employers do? In late September 2020 the… Read More
An employee can TUPE transfer to multiple employers
Until now, the leading UK TUPE case of Kimberley Group Housing meant that an employee’s contract of employment should often transfer to the employer which takes over the majority of the activities to which an employee was assigned. This case challenges that: an employee whose work transfers to multiple employers… Read More
Newsflash: Updates to Furlough Guidance for Charities & Social Enterprise
In the last week the government has released two further versions of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance. Furlough Guidance – Version Three Published late on Thursday 9 April 2020, the third version of guidance introduced some major changes, one of the most significant being the removal of redundancy as… Read More
Furlough guidance has been updated
Late on Thursday 9 April 2020, the government released the third version of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance. Here are Martin Cheyne’s first impressions of the update: There are some major changes in this update, one of the biggest is the removal of redundancy as a criteria for shielded… Read More
Furlough Guidance Updated
The guidance for employers on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme was updated on 4 April 2020. The scheme allows employers to furlough staff and claim back part of their wages. The new guidance adds detail and some clarifications to the original HMRC guidance published on 26 March, but… Read More
Protection for whistleblowing
What has whistleblowing got to do with doctors working in private practice? Isn’t that an issue relating to doctors in employment only? The recent employment tribunal case of Shoukrey v BMI Healthcare Limited shows this is not the case, warns Paul Spencer. First published in Independent Practitioner Today January 2020… Read More