Our gift to you
Another employment law is introduced that favours employees. The minimum wage is increasing by almost 10%, staff are threatening strike action if their demands are not met, soon they will be able to request flexible working from day one of employment and you won’t be able to stop low paid/part-time employees from working for anyone […]
FACT: Your ET Claim could have been avoided
You’ll always have the employees that want their day in Court no matter what you do, but for the majority, they just want you to have a fair reason for what you’re doing, follow a fair process and treat them with dignity. It’s not really too much to ask! And guess what the primary drivers […]
Gross Misconduct or not?
What is Gross Misconduct? In the case of Northbay Pelagic Limited v Anderson, the EAT have held that it was not within the band of reasonable responses for an employer to dismiss an employee for gross misconduct, for installing a camera in his office whilst he was suspended from work. The employee, who was also […]
Redundancy: A Business Owner’s Perspective
Making decisions that result in an employee losing their job is tough because most business owners are connected with their people on some level. When cuts have to be made, it can feel like you’ve failed and that you should have done something differently to avoid letting anyone go; that you’re a bad business person. […]
Self- Isolating Coronavirus Regulations and what this means for Employers
New regulations are due to come into force at midnight in relation to people who are self-isolating. The regulations are complex to say the least, but the Regulation which is extremely important for employers, is regulation 7. Regulation 7 states that if an employee or agency worker is expected to self-isolate and an employer permits […]
Changes to furlough pay claims
Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme with effect from 1st September 2020.
The R Word
Apart from those that have already mutually decided that their relationship is coming to an end, redundancy is not pleasant experience for the majority of people.
CJRS closed for new entrants after 30th June 2020
Another Friday during lockdown means another update on the furlough scheme! As we had anticipated, Rishi Sunak announced increased flexibility to the coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS) over the next few months. From 1st July 2020, employers will be able to bring furloughed employees back to work on a part time basis. The government will […]