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Read our latest blogs and case studies to keep up with recent employment law developments
October 2023
Case study: Lynskey v Direct Line Insurance Services Ltd
This case serves as a reminder to employers that they need to be aware of the way in which the symptoms of menopause can impact performance and how this should be appropriately managed.
Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023
The Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 has received Royal Assent and is expected to come into force in around September 2024.
Case study: Riley v Direct Line Insurance Group PLC
This case illustrates the distinction between ‘dismissal’ and ‘termination by mutual consent’.
September 2023
Case study: Colbert v Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
The High Court recently delivered an interesting judgement in the case of Colbert v Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The case involved a claimant who issued proceedings seeking an interim injunction relating to the conduct of the Trust during the MHPS disciplinary process.
Updated ACAS guidance on managing sickness absence
Updated guidance on managing sickness absence for employers in the healthcare sector from the Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service.
Case study: Fischer v London United Busways Ltd
This recent judgment provides a useful indication of how an Employment Tribunal could view the use of language and swearwords in cases of gender reassignment discrimination.
2022
- Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations in Health and Social Care Revoked, 4 March 2022
- What now: Vaccination as a condition of deployment, 1 Feb 2022
2021
- Whistleblowing dismissals – Employment Appeal Tribunal decision
- Implications for employers of lifting Covid-19 restrictions – 9 July 2021
- New Guidance on severance payments and approval for public sector employers
2020
- COVID19 the employer and the self isolating member of staff
- An employee can TUPE transfer to multiple employers
2019
- ICTS (UK) Limited v Visram
- The Good Work Plan – An Update
- Latest holiday pay case in the EAT is far from a bed of roses for NHS employers
- Upcoming legislative changes
Earlier blogs
- Employment Newsbrief Summer 2018
- GDPR Your questions answered
- Hincks v Sense Network
- Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (2018)
- Update – Tax changes to termination payments
- Should shared parental leave be paid at enhanced rates like maternity leave?
- Can a disability account for bad behaviour?
- Zero hours and annual leave
- Does Bărbulescu v Romania prevent employers from ever monitoring private emails sent at work?
- Farewell to ET fees, but what next?
- Holiday pay update
- Accountable care and new care models: Understanding the workforce implications
- The National Minimum Wage, Sleep In Shifts & The Social Care Sector
- Can an Investigation be Too Thorough?
- Voluntary overtime v. right to holiday pay
- Changes to the National Minimum and Living Wage – what are the benefits and consequences?
- Day v Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust & Health Education England (2017)
- Dress codes and headscarves
- Trade Union Act 2016 – how will the legislation impact on the healthcare sector?
- Care package retenders – TUPE or not to TUPE?
- In-depth investigations are key to fair disciplinary processes
- Does the recent ET Uber decision necessitate a U-turn on staffing arrangements for gig economy businesses?