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Employment Tribunal find that hairdresser who signed consultancy agreement with salon found to be employee

An employment tribunal has found that a hairdresser who worked under a consultancy agreement with a salon for five years was an employee. Ms Gorman started at Terence Paul salon…

COVID-19: £495,000 furlough fraud arrest made

Recently, Police have made an arrest in Solihull in connection with a man on suspicion of defrauding the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) by £495,000. HMRC’s fraud investigation service…

ACAS announces new podcast: Black Lives Matter in the workplace

Acas has announced a new podcast discussing the role of the Black Lives Matter movement and its impact within the workplace. Discussions includes a range of topics, from experiences of…

World Menopause Day

Today we observe World Menopause Day. Today’s aim is to educate and raise awareness around the globe of the impact that menopause can have on women’s everyday lives. There appears to…

World Mental Health Day

The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10 October every year. This year’s theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health is suicide prevention. Every step…

National Work Life Week

National Work Life Week is an opportunity for both employers and employees to focus on wellbeing at work and work life balance. The week is an ideal opportunity for employers to…

Dyslexia Awareness Week

More than one in ten of us are dyslexic. Dyslexic strengths around understanding complex information, seeing the big picture and communicating with other, means dyslexia creates great work at all…

World Breastfeeding Week

An annual event hosted by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of…

COVID-19: growing number of businesses set to repay CJRS funds

A growing number of businesses, including FTSE 100 company Bunzl, are pledging to repay funds received as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). For Bunzl, whose profits rose…

COVID-19: increasing number of employees report fraudulent use of furlough scheme

Over a third of all Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) related calls received by whistleblowing charity, Protect, have been made by employees reporting an employer’s misuse of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.…

COVID-19: pregnant healthcare worker to bring claim against NHS employment agency for refusing to put her on furlough

NHS Professionals, an employment agency owned by the Department of Health and Social Care, is to be sued by a pregnant healthcare assistant after it refused to put her on…

COVID-19: Right to work from home legislation may be introduced as part of return to work package

Government sources have revealed that legislation introducing an employee’s right to work from home may be brought in as part of the government’s return to work package. BIS is apparently…

Homeworking: FAQs

Since the start of lock-down many businesses have diversified to allow their staff to work from home. Although lock-down is being relaxed in England, the position remains unchanged in Wales…

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week, organised by the Mental Health Foundation, is a specific week designed to raise awareness for mental health. As mental health problems can affect anyone on any day of…

Sun Awareness Week

According to Cancer Research UK, melanoma skin cancer incidence rates in the UK are projected to rise by 7% by 2035. Sun Awareness Week is a wellbeing event organised by…

World Day for Health and Safety at Work

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) marks its World Day for Safety and Health at Work on or around 28 April each year, and it is an international campaign to promote safe,…

Employer not vicariously liable for data protection breach committed by employee

The Supreme Court has decided that Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc (Morrisons) is not vicariously liable for the actions of an employee who, without authorisation and in a deliberate attempt to…

Government updates guidance on calculating holiday pay

The government’s guidance on how to calculate holiday pay for workers without fixed hours or pay has been updated to refer to the new 52-week reference period introduced by the…

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Employment Tribunal find that hairdresser who signed consultancy agreement with salon found to be employee

COVID-19: £495,000 furlough fraud arrest made

ACAS announces new podcast: Black Lives Matter in the workplace

World Menopause Day

World Mental Health Day

National Work Life Week

Dyslexia Awareness Week

World Breastfeeding Week

COVID-19: growing number of businesses set to repay CJRS funds

COVID-19: increasing number of employees report fraudulent use of furlough scheme

COVID-19: pregnant healthcare worker to bring claim against NHS employment agency for refusing to put her on furlough

COVID-19: Right to work from home legislation may be introduced as part of return to work package

Homeworking: FAQs

Mental Health Awareness Week

Sun Awareness Week

World Day for Health and Safety at Work

Employer not vicariously liable for data protection breach committed by employee

Government updates guidance on calculating holiday pay