Workers to receive £1.7 NMW back pay

As part of the government’s routine “naming and shaming” of employers that have failed to pay their staff the national minimum wage, 16,000 workers are set to receive back pay…

Gender Pay Gap Reporting toolkit

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has published a new toolkit for employers on how to calculate and publish their gender pay gap information. The toolkit makes further recommendations on…

Covert surveillance to monitor workplace theft

The European Court of Human Rights has considered whether an employer’s decision to install hidden cameras to monitor suspected workplace theft by a number of supermarket cashiers violated the cashiers’…

Employer liable for employee’s disclosure of personal data

In this case against Morrisons Supermarket, the High Court has considered whether an employer is vicariously liable for an employee’s deliberate disclosure of co-workers’ personal data. Background Mr Skelton (S)…

Directors disqualified for employing illegal workers

Twenty company directors from sixteen restaurant and takeaway businesses were recently issued disqualification orders, following investigations by the Insolvency Service. 18 directors were banned for being company directors or being…

14 Things HR Need To Know About Christmas

14 Things HR Need To Know About Christmas Decorations Employers are obliged to provide and maintain a safe place of work for employees. While employers’ health and safety obligations should…

Travel Disruption due to bad weather

Travel Disruption due to bad weather From time to time, travel disruption can affect an employee’s ability to get to work on time, or in some cases at all. For…

Monitoring employees personal messages

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has decided that an employee’s human rights were breached when his employer monitored and viewed his personal messages to his…

Automatic enrolment and re-enrolment: upcoming deadlines for employers

Most employers have passed their automatic enrolment staging date and are automatically enrolling new workers into a pension scheme as a matter of routine. However, employers need to be aware…

Over 30% of fit notes issued due to poor mental health

A new NHS Digital report has said that nearly a third of all fit notes are issued to workers because of their poor mental health. According to the report (which…

Modern slavery checks failing to monitor workers in supply chains

A recent research report has suggested that employers are at risk of employing victims of modern slavery due to the complexity of the modern labour market. According to the report,…

1% of those entitled take shared parental leave

Research undertaken by commercial law firm EMW, has revealed that only 8,700 new parents made use of the shared parental leave system in the last year, accounting for less than…

Draft Brexit rules could cause an “unskilled workforce crisis”

UK industry would find it “near impossible” to recruit low-skilled EU workers post-Brexit, if rules governing access to the UK jobs market for non-EU migrant workers were extended to EU…

Dismissal not unfair where employer took account of previous incidents

Facts Ms Pillar was employed by NHS 24 as a Nurse Practitioner. Her work consisted of taking telephone calls from members of the public and triaging them by asking appropriate…

Acas publishes new mental health guidance

Acas has published guidance to assist employers in supporting staff with mental health issues. The guidance suggests how employees might spot signs of mental ill-health and provides employers with a…

Acas issues guidance for transsexual employees

The Institute for Employment Studies has published a new study that suggests managers are failing to provide adequate support to transsexual employees at work. According to the Acas-commissioned study, employers experience…

Suspension was a breach of contract

Facts Ms Agoreyo was an experienced primary school teacher for the London Borough of Lambeth. She taught a class of up to 29 five and six year old children, two…

ICO roll out new GDPR guidance for small businesses

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued new guidance for small businesses on the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will take effect from 25 May 2018. The new…

Sleep-in staff: Minimum wage enforcement resumes

The Government has resumed minimum wage enforcement for healthcare providers. The new Social Care Compliance Scheme (SCCS) will enable healthcare providers to identify what they owe to workers and (if…

UK voluntary living wage rises

Around 150,000 workers have received a pay rise following increases to the voluntary living wage (VLW) rate. The amount of the VLW is set by the Living Wage Foundation and…

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Category: Employment Law

Workers to receive £1.7 NMW back pay

Gender Pay Gap Reporting toolkit

Covert surveillance to monitor workplace theft

Employer liable for employee’s disclosure of personal data

Directors disqualified for employing illegal workers

14 Things HR Need To Know About Christmas

Travel Disruption due to bad weather

Monitoring employees personal messages

Automatic enrolment and re-enrolment: upcoming deadlines for employers

Over 30% of fit notes issued due to poor mental health

Modern slavery checks failing to monitor workers in supply chains

1% of those entitled take shared parental leave

Draft Brexit rules could cause an “unskilled workforce crisis”

Dismissal not unfair where employer took account of previous incidents

Acas publishes new mental health guidance

Acas issues guidance for transsexual employees

Suspension was a breach of contract

ICO roll out new GDPR guidance for small businesses

Sleep-in staff: Minimum wage enforcement resumes

UK voluntary living wage rises