Handling employee sickness absence is an inevitable part of being an employer, but when these absences become overly frequent, they can have a negative impact on other employees, as well as the performance of your business. Your frustration may be further exacerbated if you suspect…
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15 Feb Women not entitled to pension age change compensation, high court rules
Although this case concerns the State Pension age, and is thus separate from the laws applying to employers, it is a good reminder to employers that they must take care to ensure they are not infringing the protection given to all employees, workers, agency contractors…
15 Feb The Supreme Court – what was decided?
The papers across the country are divided in opinion about the meaning of the Supreme Court decision and it’s meaning for our current Prime Minister. Is it the “Death of democracy” or is it a triumph for our democratic process? Has an abuse of power…
15 Feb Are your self employed staff really self employed?
Locum GP deemed a ‘worker’ – update for all Practice Managers The Employment Appeal Tribunal recently ruled that a GP operating under their own limited company was a ‘worker’ – despite the locum being paid for several years as a contractor through her limited company,…
15 Feb What to do when key employee resigns: here’s a lawyer’s perspective
That moment when a person you rely on, who has access to all your customers, contacts and suppliers tells you they want to leave! The health and performance of your business can hang in the balance at such moments. So how should you handle…
15 Feb Royal Mencap Society -v- Tomlinson-Blake – A reminder of the implications so far for the care sector
Sleep-in care workers may well now be lawfully paid a basic fee for sleep-in shifts. They may not now be entitled to the hitherto claimed back payments of national minimum wage (NMW) (see our previous updates) due from any underpayment below NMW in any prior…
15 Feb Beware employees in self-employed contractor clothing: are your self-employed contractors / casual staff really employees? What could that mean for your business?
Clients are increasingly using zero hour/ self-employed contracts which seems consistent with statistics suggesting that there is a national increase in people engaged under these type of working arrangements – currently in excess of one million (c. 3% of people currently working in the UK)….
15 Feb Employers’ obligations and the right to work in the UK
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act 2006 – Employers are responsible for checking immigration status / right to work in the UK for all of its employees. If you employ a person who doesn’t have the right to work in the UK then you could…
15 Feb The impact of GDPR on Health and Social Care providers
The amended data protection laws come into force on 25 May 2018 in the form of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). Health and social care employers process more data and data of a highly sensitive nature than many other sectors. Consequently, you’ll need to be…
15 Feb Pay rates for sleep-in care workers: where are we now and what should we be doing?
Prior to 2017 it was generally accepted practice in the social care sector to pay fixed rates (usually c. £25-30 per shift of c. 8 hours) for overnight sleep-in shifts, together with hourly rates for time actually awake and working. At a time when social…