The good news is that employers have a right to expect former employees to behave reasonably, and they generally do even if they leave under a cloud. The bad news is that if they don’t it can be a long, complicated and expensive process to tackle their unreasonable behaviour. You would think that if aContinue reading “What if a former employee becomes a threat?”
Category Archives: Contracts of Employment
A legal right to ignore emails outside work, zero hours contracts ban, 6-month protection from dismissal for maternity returners. Labour’s early Christmas present to employment lawyers!
This is the last of three posts regarding the government’s plan to increase employee rights with changes they describe as “the biggest reforms to workers’ rights in a generation”, a flagship Labour policy and one of the few we were aware of prior to the election. In addition to the previously mentioned changes to flexibleContinue reading “A legal right to ignore emails outside work, zero hours contracts ban, 6-month protection from dismissal for maternity returners. Labour’s early Christmas present to employment lawyers!”
Time to start planning for Labour’s proposed changes to flexible working. Could be a costly minefield for employers!
The government is expected to announce their bill on increased employee rights later this month, with changes they describe as “the biggest reforms to workers’ rights in a generation”. This is a flagship Labour policy that is being spearheaded by the deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. One of the main proposals is to increase theContinue reading “Time to start planning for Labour’s proposed changes to flexible working. Could be a costly minefield for employers!”
The legal situation regarding employee grievances, including tribunal outcomes
In preparation for the release of our updated ‘Practical Guide to Managing Grievances’ which will be available in a week or so, this article looks at the legal requirements for handling grievances and then a couple of tribunal cases that are useful in justifying why care needs to be taken to treat employee complaints seriouslyContinue reading “The legal situation regarding employee grievances, including tribunal outcomes”
Post lockdown will we be back in the office, working from home, or some form of hybrid?
There is much speculation about how lockdown and the pandemic has changed the world of work, with the hottest topic being whether employees will continue to work from home or not. In our experience the vast majority of employers were sceptical of employees working from home prior to the pandemic but the evidence does seemContinue reading “Post lockdown will we be back in the office, working from home, or some form of hybrid?”
I know it’s a pain, but SMEs really should issue contracts to all employees. Here’s why.
We are currently helping a small family owned business make some employees redundant. The owners are lovely people. I have no doubt they are great employers and brilliant to work for. Not having contracts for their employees hasn’t been an issue for them for literally decades and if it were not for coronavirus I suspectContinue reading “I know it’s a pain, but SMEs really should issue contracts to all employees. Here’s why.”