Elizabeth Larner, Clinical Negligence specialist at Wollens Case Study Elizabeth Larner has reached a settlement of £110,000 on behalf of a gentleman in relation to a case arising from a hospital Trust’s failure to administer antibiotics during appendectomy/umbilical...
Fit notes are the written notification of fitness to work which must be provided by an employee when they are absent from work due to sickness. Here are 5 things you should know about fit notes: By law, a fit note must be presented to the employer for absences...
Employees currently have the right to make a formal flexible working request, only once they have completed 26 weeks’ service with their employer. As far back as 2022, the government indicated their intention to change this rule to make the right to request flexible...
The Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 have been published by the government and are due to come into force on 1 January 2024. One of the key areas covered in the Regulations is the question of whether accrued but...
Contractual terms cannot be used to subvert or limit statutory employment rights. Disputes which have their root in statutory employment rights (such as unfair dismissal and discrimination), can only generally be settled through ACAS (using a COT3 agreement) or by...
