It is likely that with the upcoming teacher strikes in July some employees will either be asking to take annual leave, unpaid parental leave or family and dependant leave (which is either paid or unpaid depending on the company’s policy). This...
On Wednesday 10 May, the Department for Business and Trade announced proposed changes to a number of employment law measures as part of their policy paper titled “Smarter Regulation to Grow the Economy”. This initial paper sets out a package...
From April 2023, the rates that are set by the Government each year, are set to increase. Below is a summary of the key changes to be aware of: Increases to the UK National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage From April 2023, the new hourly...
The Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill: A Bill to make provision about protection from redundancy during or after pregnancy or after periods of maternity, adoption, or shared parental leave. On 3 February 2023, the...
On Tuesday 24 January, BEI published a draft Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement or, as most recently referred to, the practice of ‘fire and re-hire’. The practice came to the forefront of employment law during lockdown when a number...
The Government has launched a consultation on calculating holiday entitlement for part-year and irregular hours workers. In July 2022 the Supreme Court held in Harpur Trust v Brazel that the amount of leave to which a part-year worker under a...
From 1 July 2022, the law on fit notes was updated. Fit notes can now be issued by nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, and physiotherapists in addition to doctors (so long as they are discussing your fitness to work with you). The...
Welcome With Spring having (apparently) sprung, welcome to this month’s Update. My mention of the time of year is (you’ll be unsurprised to hear) a clumsy segue into some news from France about spring cleaning, housework and whether shirking...
Over the last couple of years, the Employment Tribunals have faced a number of logistical challenges due to Covid, in how it deals with cases. This has resulted in the Presidents of both the England & Wales and Scotland Employment Tribunals...
The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms), etc, Regulations 2022 came into force on 6th April 2022...
As a result of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this year, the government announced that there will be an extra bank holiday 3rd June 2022. As such, this will result in nine bank holidays this year, as opposed to the normal eight days...
In the recent case of Nissan Motor (GB) Limited and Nissan Motor CO., Limited v Passi, the High Court considered the interesting legal issue of whether a former employee could retain confidential documents belonging to his former employer for the...
