There are no specific protections in law for this issue and the consultation is underway to shape policy and potential new law to protect women in the workplace. We have indeed dealt with a number of cases where such issues have attracted, indirectly, sex discrimination…
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27 Aug Right to Work checks – a reminder of the new obligations
Employers are now no longer able to accept EEA passports or national identity cards as evidence of an individual’s right to work in the UK and the deadline for applying to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) has now passed (30 June 2021). The impact of…
11 Aug What do employers need to know about the changes to self-isolation rules?
We are all well aware of the legal requirement to self-isolate where people test positive for COVID-19; or where they are told to do so by NHS Test and Trace, or ‘pinged’ to do so by the NHS app – regardless of vaccination status, albeit…
11 Aug A timely IR35 warning: DWP faces an £87.9M backdated tax and NIC’s bill for failure to comply with new rules
The changes to IR35 rules shift the compliance burden from the self-employed worker’s personal service company to the client (excluding smaller businesses) that they work for, by treating the client user of the services provided as the ‘employer’ for income tax and NICs purposes, thus,…
11 Aug Case Update – Did employer unfairly dismiss employee for failing to attend workplace due to lockdown?
Employees can be automatically unfairly dismissed if the reason or principal reason is that: “….in circumstances of danger which the employee reasonably believed to be serious and imminent and which he could not reasonably have been expected to avert, he left (or proposed to leave)…
11 Aug Case Update – Are Deliveroo Drivers employees?
Various companies have hit the headlines recently over the employment status of their workers. The most prominent and recent ruling confirmed that Uber drivers were indeed workers and thus, are entitled to holiday pay, national minimum wage and other protections. The so called “gig economy”…
04 Jun Hybrid and flexible working – the legal issues
As we edge towards post-pandemic life in the UK, there is uncertainty as to how workplaces up and down the country may look when coronavirus restrictions are completely lifted. Only recently a survey carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce showed that two thirds…
04 Jun update on the new rates and limits – from April 2021
02 Sep CORONAVIRUS JOB RETENTION SCHEME – A REMINDER
Employers who are still using the scheme are reminded that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is due to end as of the 30th September 2021. However, the cost to employers of using the scheme will increase before then. Up until the 30th June 2021 the…