With the Government recently updating its guidance for employers on Fit Notes, we are reminding employers how to get the best out of these documents. What is a fit note? Essentially, a Fit Note is what is commonly referred to as a “sick note”. It is: the document provided...
We have a high success rate in securing sponsor licences for our clients, meaning they can now recruit skilled workers from abroad. Clients report that this has been invaluable in filling much-needed vacancies and driving growth. If your business is in the following sectors, and you are...
Whistle-blowers are generally protected against retaliation by employers, but what happens when the whistle-blower also behaves badly? What does the law say and what can the employer do? The law A worker who makes a protected disclosure within s.47B Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) – colloquially known as...
Our team were instructed to act for a client with sites across the UK, who required us to defend them at the employment tribunal – this is not unusual at all. However, the client had previously tried to deal with the matter themselves and in doing...
What is Article 8 and how does it affect employers? Article 8 gives individuals a right to respect for private life, family life, home and correspondence. Looking at how this right to keep private life and correspondence confidential might cross over into workplace issues is important- here...
It is unlawful for employers to make deductions from a worker’s wages unless certain criteria are met. This can be very frustrating and stifling for employers, who may well have very good moral reasons for making the deductions. For example, your worker has just damaged the company...
After hitting the headlines recently, Quiet Quitting is defined as: Performing a job assigned to a person, but there’s no above-and-beyond action, extra work on those days off or answering emails 24/7. It is essentially the employee who does the bare minimum, similar to “Work to Rule”...
What is the Living Wage? The Living Wage is a voluntary wage rate set by the Resolution Foundation based upon the price of consumer goods and naturally reflects actual inflationary costs in the rate set each year. Many employers pledge to track the Living Wage rather than...
One employment lawyer’s argument against them Why have Probationary periods? Upon my recent review of the case of Przybylska v Modus Telecom, I was reminded of how managing the employee’s probation incorrectly could create a rather frustrating and expensive problem for employers. In this case, the probationary...
What is a vexatious litigant and what can I do about it? Someone who issues claims regularly, usually without any real basis, and to a wide range of people is a ‘vexatious’ litigant. They are rare, but they do exist. Generally, the cases are struck out...