Workplace Wellbeing
Focuses on strategies for rest, recovery, work-life balance, and creating safe, positive working environments.
Rights of an Agency Worker on Suspension
Using temporary agency workers supplied through an employment business can provide companies with a flexible staffing resource. Agency workers can be engaged at short notice without the employment ...
Directors’ Personal Liability for Employment Breaches
One of the fundamental principles of a limited liability company is that the company has a distinct legal identity, separate from its shareholders and directors. In principle, only the company can ...
Changes to the Legal Definition of a Disability
Further to our recent update on the amendments to the Equality Act 2010 that came into force on 1 January 2024, the legal definition of a disability has been extended by The Equality Act 2010 (Amen...
Changes to Sexual Harassment Legislation
The recently published annual NHS staff survey reveals concerningly the highest reported levels of discrimination since the survey began. For the first time, staff were asked if they had experience...
New Code of Practice for Fire and Rehire
Employers sometimes enforce contractual amendments by using a “fire and rehire” strategy—terminating employment and offering to rehire staff on new terms. A Statutory Code of Practice regulating th...
ICO Bans Biometric Data Monitoring
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered the public service provider Serco Leisure to stop using biometric data to track employees’ attendance. This enforcement notice is part of the...
Inquiry on Protection of Human Rights at Work
The Workers of England Union have expressed serious concerns regarding the impartiality of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the terminology it uses around “Covid.” For example, Baroness Kenn...
Tribunal Upholds Homeopathic Lifestyle
In Paul Edward Bailey v West Midlands Ambulance Service (Case No. 1302139/2022), the Midlands West Employment Tribunal confirmed that the Claimant holds a protected philosophical belief under the E...
Updated Paternity Leave Regulations
On 8 March 2024, the Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 will come into effect, resulting in significant changes to paternity leave rights in the UK.
Key Changes
Split Leave Periods: T...
Term-Time Working and Annual Leave
The Supreme Court held that workers on permanent contracts but required to work only part of the year (e.g., term-time working and annual leave arrangements) are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’...
