Where an employee is struggling to maintain regular attendance in their role owing to genuine sickness issues, a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case held that employers should be looking at the option of redeployment ‘as a matter of course’ before dismissing. In...
The statutory Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement came into force on 18th July 2024. More commonly known as the Code of Practice on ‘fire and re-hire’, there is no stand-alone claim for breach of its provisions. However, the Code must be taken into account...
In a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision, it was clarified that the three-month time limit for making claims about unlawful deductions from wages starts from the date the deduction occurred, not the date employment ended. In the case of Wharton v Sheehan...
Part-time workers in the UK have protection from discrimination in the form of the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000. Equal Treatment: Part-time workers must receive the same treatment as full-time workers, including pay...
The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 (the Tips Act) and its accompanying statutory Code of Practice will come into force on 1st October 2024. This was confirmed by commencement regulations for the Act and Code of Practice which were laid before Parliament in...
