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BBC restricts employees’ social media use

BBC publishes guidelines for employees detailing that employees are banned from expressing “a personal opinion on matters of public policy, politics or controversial topics” in a bid to “force staff…

Real Living Wage increases to £9.50 per hour

The real Living Wage is a recommended UK wage rate which aims to better meet the financial needs of workers than the statutory National Living Wage. Currently paid voluntarily by…

ICO fines Marriott £18.4 million for cyber-breach

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a monetary penalty notice fining Marriott International Inc (Marriott) £18.4 million for breaching its data security obligations under GDPR, leaving about 339 million…

Gender pay gap reduction

Recent data published by the Official National Statistics (ONS) have revealed that the UK’s gender pay gap, calculated using the median hourly earnings of full-time employees, has fallen to 7.4%…

20% of whistleblowers dismissed for raising COVID-19 concerns

A recent report published by whistleblowing charity Protect, which analysed over 600 calls to its advice line between March and September 2020, reveals that 41% of callers were ignored and…

Employers prioritise highest paid furloughed workers for pay top up

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has found that employers prioritised paying full pay to top earners during the COVID-19 pandemic in contrast with the UK’s lowest paid workers who…

Employers not paying national minimum wage

139 employers have been named and shamed for failure to pay the national minimum wage to their employees. On 31 December 2020, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy…

Tribunal statistics July to September 2020

During July to September 2020, single claim receipts rose to 11,000 and multiple claim receipts rose to 19,000 (a respective 13% and 24% increase compared with the same quarter in…

Proposed increases to statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay

From 4 April 2021, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has published its proposed increases to a number of statutory benefit payments. The following weekly rates are expected to…

Employee monitoring increased during COVID-19

Since the start of COVID-19 in March 2020, according to a poll of 3,000 workers carried out by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), 15% of workers have experienced an increase…

Are Teams meetings deemed personal data?

COVID-19 pandemic has seen significant rise in the use of Microsoft Teams meetings but for GDPR purposes, could this be classed as employees personal data and would they have to…

DBS – automatic disclosure of youth cautions, reprimands and warnings

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has published new guidance dealing with the filtering rules for criminal records certificates, applying from 28 November 2020. The new regime means there will…

National minimum wage increases

Positive news for many workers as from 6 April 2021, the national living wage (NLW) and national minimum wage (NMW) will be increased in accordance with the recommendations of the…

COVID-19: 133,000 more women than men furloughed

Controversially, during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic between March and August 2020, a recent publication reveals that 133,000 more women than men were furloughed, constituting 52.1% of the furloughed…

Brexit and its Impact on UK Employment Law

Overview Of course, after Brexit the UK will no longer be a member of the EU but the terms of the divorce are still far from agreed. However, what we…

Can I force my employees to have the vaccine?

The debate on whether to make the new COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for the public at large, not just employees, is a global one and different countries will reach different decisions.…

Gender fluid/non-binary employee covered by Equality Act 2010 definition of gender reassignment awarded £180,000 in compensation following landmark discrimination case

On 14 September 2020, an employment tribunal upheld claims for harassment, direct discrimination and victimisation on the ground of gender reassignment brought against Jaguar Land Rover Ltd by one of…

ICO publishes detailed subject access request guidance

There is now detailed guidance for organisations on how to deal with rights of access to personal data (subject access rights) published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)) under the…

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BBC restricts employees’ social media use

Real Living Wage increases to £9.50 per hour

ICO fines Marriott £18.4 million for cyber-breach

Gender pay gap reduction

20% of whistleblowers dismissed for raising COVID-19 concerns

Employers prioritise highest paid furloughed workers for pay top up

Employers not paying national minimum wage

Tribunal statistics July to September 2020

Proposed increases to statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay

Employee monitoring increased during COVID-19

Are Teams meetings deemed personal data?

DBS – automatic disclosure of youth cautions, reprimands and warnings

National minimum wage increases

COVID-19: 133,000 more women than men furloughed

Brexit and its Impact on UK Employment Law

Can I force my employees to have the vaccine?

Gender fluid/non-binary employee covered by Equality Act 2010 definition of gender reassignment awarded £180,000 in compensation following landmark discrimination case

ICO publishes detailed subject access request guidance