Following the corporate governance failings in the collapse of a number of high-profile businesses (such as Thomas Cooke and BHS, to name two), the BEIS has published a report and proposals to consult on extending and tightening corporate governance and audit obligations, including the following:…
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27 Sep Prevention of Workplace Sexual Harassment: new legislation is on its way
Following extensive consultations during 2018 – 2021, the Government has made clear they will now bring forward the following new legislation: – This is a very significant change that will, in our view, create more risks and more claims against employers. Understanding the new rules…
27 Sep Temporary Right to Work Checks Via Video Conference Extended
The temporary variation to the rules allowing right to work documents to be checked remotely were tabled to end on 31 August 2021. They will, however, now continue to be permitted to April 2022. It appears the overall intention is to eventually introduce a more…
15 Sep Some Workplace Vaccination FAQs
Can I ask my employees/workers for proof of their vaccination status? Due to GDPR rules and the sensitive nature of health data, it is not advisable to ask “in case” but only if and when notified of a contact by the employee/worker (excluding registered Care…
14 Sep House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee Launch Enquiry on Menopause in the Workplace with a View to Creating New Protections for Employees
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)…