13 Oct 2021
What can happen if you ask an employee to work extra hours where it would breach the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR)? Would an employee need to work the shift proposed in order to claim automatic unfair dismissal? These issues were discussed in the recent case of Simoes v De Sede UK Ltd.…
Employment & HR
28 Sep 2021
The new 'statement of changes' published by the Home Office on 10 September 2021 contains several modifications including rebranding the T5 (Temporary Worker) Youth Mobility Scheme to the simplified Youth Mobility Scheme. The most significant change regarding the Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) is…
Employment & HR
15 Sep 2021
No legal requirement currently exists for workers to be vaccinated, with the exemption of care workers. Many businesses, however, are considering introducing vaccination requirements, despite the fact that, in the absence of any legislation making vaccinations compulsory, any such policies could well be…
Employment & HR
14 Sep 2021
The Court of Appeal has recently considered whether the failure to offer an employee an appeal on a redundancy scenario makes any dismissal unfair in the case of Gwynedd Council v Barratt and anor. Facts The two claimants were PE teachers at a community secondary school. In May 2015, the…
Employment & HR
30 Jul 2021
The Government has now passed legislation mandatory for care home staff, volunteers and certain other groups entering the care home (subject to certain exemptions). These provisions have now come into force meaning there will be a 16-week grace period from when the regulations are made to when they…
Employment & HR
27 Jul 2021
On Thursday 22 July 2021, the Government announced a list of sectors within which it proposed workers will be exempt from self-isolation, even if they are contacted by the NHS Track and Trace app. This exemption only applies to those double vaccinated (14 days after the second dose), who come into…
Employment & HR
15 Jul 2021
It has been confirmed this week that England will move to the final stage of easing of Covid restrictions meaning that almost all legal restrictions on social contact are set to end on Monday 19th July. But what does this mean from an employment and health and safety perspective? The guidance to…
Employment & HR
13 Jul 2021
On going to bed disappointed on Sunday night, many no doubt expected they would be getting up on Monday morning to an influx of press articles and social media posts centred around a technical critique of the football skills on display in the final along side messages of support for the players. Few…
Employment & HR
07 Jul 2021
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published its response to the consultation on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for care home workers. It confirms that vaccination will become mandatory for care home staff, volunteers and anyone else entering the care home for work purposes (subject to…
Employment & HR
07 Jul 2021
The Home Office has published their updated guidance on carrying out right to work checks in light of the deadline to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) and the significant changes that accompany this. The guidance is titled ' Employer right to work checks supporting guidance ' and…
Employment & HR
