Women and Equalities Commission challenges the efficacy of Shared Parental Leave following Government’s campaign targeting fathers to ‘Share the Joy’

Earlier this year, the Government launched an innovative £1.5 million ‘Share the Joy’ campaign to encourage more parents, via advertising, to take up the offer of Shared Parental Leave in their baby’s first year. 

Recent EAT finding on the impact of overtime on holiday pay potentially costly for employers

A recent finding of the EAT in Flowers & others v East of England Ambulance Trust has confirmed that both non-guaranteed and voluntary overtime should be included in an employee’s holiday pay calculation provided it was sufficiently regular and settled to amount to “normal remuneration”.

Stress caused by a disability leads to discrimination finding

The Court of Appeal upheld a claim for stress arising out of a disability amounting to discrimination in the workplace. Mr Grosset, an English teacher, who had cystic fibrosis was suffering an increased workload. In conjunction with this, his Department had suffered a dip in learning outcomes following the move to the Progress 8 Attainment Standard.

The Supreme Court rules as to when a notice of termination of employment is deemed served

In Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v Haywood, the Supreme Court held that in the absence of an express contractual provision, a written notice of termination served by an employer does not take effect until the employee has read it or had a reasonable opportunity of doing so.

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Save the Date - Lancashire HR Retreat

27th September 2018

8.30am - 1pm

Stanley House Hotel, Mellor

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