We are all well aware of the legal requirement to self-isolate where people test positive for COVID-19; or where they are told to do so by NHS Test and Trace, or ‘pinged’ to do so by the NHS app – regardless of vaccination status, albeit...
The changes to IR35 rules shift the compliance burden from the self-employed worker’s personal service company to the client (excluding smaller businesses) that they work for, by treating the client user of the services provided as the ‘employer’ for income tax and NICs purposes, thus,...
Employees can be automatically unfairly dismissed if the reason or principal reason is that: "….in circumstances of danger which the employee reasonably believed to be serious and imminent and which he could not reasonably have been expected to avert, he left (or proposed to leave) or...
Various companies have hit the headlines recently over the employment status of their workers. The most prominent and recent ruling confirmed that Uber drivers were indeed workers and thus, are entitled to holiday pay, national minimum wage and other protections. The so called “gig economy”...
As we edge towards post-pandemic life in the UK, there is uncertainty as to how workplaces up and down the country may look when coronavirus restrictions are completely lifted. Only recently a survey carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce showed that two thirds...
Employers who are still using the scheme are reminded that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is due to end as of the 30th September 2021. However, the cost to employers of using the scheme will increase before then. Up until the 30th June 2021 the Government...
Employment Solicitor, Georgina Thomas provides us with a legal update in the case of Elliot V Dorset County Council - which has established a low threshold for employees asserting they have a disability under the Equality Act 2010. Employers know that when an employee suffers from...
Where an employee commits an act of discrimination against another employee, both the employee who committed the act of discrimination and their employer will be liable to pay compensation. However, an employer can escape liability if it can persuade an Employment Tribunal that it took...
Emma Grace, Solicitor, blogs about how the Pandemic may have changed flexible working requests and needs in the future. As an employment lawyer, flexible working is an area that I’ve been advising both employers and employees about for my entire career. It’s also something I have...