Although the government is currently busy with more pressing matters, it has still scheduled some updates to current employment laws in April 2020. Usually, at this point in the year
The Employment Tribunal Statistics for April-June 2019 have been released showing an overall increase of 14% in single claims to 9,700 being received by the Tribunal service as compared to
With effect from 6th April 2020, businesses will have to provide a written statement of employment particulars to all workers from day one. Currently, this right only applied to employees
Stress is a major cause of sickness absence in the workplace costing over £5 billion a year in Great Britain. In 2017/18, 595,000 workers in the UK reported having work-related
With Parliament in what can only be described, at best, as a state of flux at the moment, and the threat of a general election looming, several announcements which were
In a landmark judgement, the Norwich Employment Tribunal has ruled that vegetarianism is a “lifestyle choice” and not a philosophical belief capable of protection under the Equality Act 2010. The
Employers are under a legal obligation to provide all employees with a contract of employment within the first 8 weeks of employment. Instead of treating this obligation as a “box
The government has published a response to its consultation on confidentiality clauses: measures to prevent misuse in situations of workplace harassment or discrimination. The response can be found here. Whilst
The law on holiday pay is forever evolving and in the most recent case on the matter, the Court of Appeal had to consider whether the holiday entitlement of part-year
Ending up in an Employment Tribunal is every employer’s worst nightmare and whilst an employer can never guarantee that they won’t be sued by a disgruntled employee, there are things
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