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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…

Government guide to parental bereavement leave and pay

The government has published guidance for employers on the new right to statutory parental bereavement leave and pay which came into force on 6 April. The guidance confirms what…

Government publishes new statutory guidance on Modern Slavery Act 2015 and modern slavery statement

The government has published new statutory guidance for England and Wales on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA 2015). The guidance is aimed at staff in England and Wales within…

Voluntary weekly deductions for football season ticket reduced pay for NMW purposes

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has decided that weekly deductions for the purpose of buying a season ticket to football matches, which was voluntary on the part of the employee,…

Walk To Work Day

Who actually walks to work anymore?! In celebration of walk to work day, why not change up your routine, add a little more time to it, and see how a…

Stress Awareness Month

Stress Awareness Month has been held every April since 1992 to increase public awareness about both the causes and cures for our modern stress epidemic. According to the Mental Health…

Ethical veganism may be a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010

In this landmark case, an employment tribunal judge has ruled that ethical veganism is capable of amounting to a philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010. The Claimant, Jordi…

Employers are not legally required to carry out an investigatory hearing during a disciplinary process

In Sunshine Hotel v Goddard, the EAT confirmed that there is no legal requirement for employers to carry out a separate investigatory hearing during a disciplinary process. When an…

Changes in legislation regarding Contracts of Employment

There is a change in legislation happening on 6 April 2020. Changes to Contracts of Employment From 6 April 2020, your contracts of employment must contain the following information (as…

Time To Talk Day

Today is Time to Talk Day, a day in which we must promote the open discussion about mental health to help change lives. One in four of us will be or…

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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

Government guide to parental bereavement leave and pay

Government publishes new statutory guidance on Modern Slavery Act 2015 and modern slavery statement

Voluntary weekly deductions for football season ticket reduced pay for NMW purposes

Walk To Work Day

Stress Awareness Month

Ethical veganism may be a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010

Employers are not legally required to carry out an investigatory hearing during a disciplinary process

Changes in legislation regarding Contracts of Employment

Time To Talk Day