The Times Online have reported that HMRC has been held liable for harassment for sending one of its employees a birthday card! You would hope that something as seemingly innocent as sending a card to an employee, wishing them a ‘happy birthday’, could not fall foul of...
The National Minimum Wage is payable to workers whenever they are carrying out ‘time work’. The question of whether travel time is ‘time work’ for the purposes of National Minimum Wage was considered recently by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Taylor’s Services...
Big changes are afoot for the law on sexual harassment. On 26 October 2024, the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act) Act 2023 comes into force. It introduces a new positive duty on employers to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the...
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...
The Labour Manifesto included a pledge to introduce a ‘right to switch off’ in the UK. Government sources recently told the BBC that ministers are looking into how such a right will be framed. One proposal under consideration is the creation of a code of practice on...
