You will have seen various reports about the government’s Employment Rights Bill, which is due to make things significantly more complicated, time consuming and costly for employers who wish to part company with problem employees later this year. Fortunately, some of the initial proposals in the Bill have been watered down a little as theContinue reading “Do you have a difficult employee who started in the last year? Act WELL BEFORE October”
Category Archives: Employee Rights
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!”
Unfair dismissal rights from day one, increased union powers, and banning ‘fire and rehire’. The government is not hanging around on employment law!
Earlier this week we described how the government is set 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. In addition toContinue reading “Unfair dismissal rights from day one, increased union powers, and banning ‘fire and rehire’. The government is not hanging around on employment law!”
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!”
Tempted to call a young employee a ‘stroppy little teenager’? It may cost you thousands if you discriminate against younger employees.
We normally associate age discrimination with older people, but it is just as important to ensure you avoid treating younger workers less favourably. A supermarket was taken to Tribunal when a manager became frustrated with a young employee’s attitude at work and called her a ‘stroppy little teenager’. They ended up paying her significant compensationContinue reading “Tempted to call a young employee a ‘stroppy little teenager’? It may cost you thousands if you discriminate against younger employees.”
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”
An employee dismissed for going to the pub while off sick wins his unfair dismissal claim – have we gone too soft?
I was brought up in a way that you didn’t take time off school or work unless you’d lost a limb, or had rabies. Even then you were forced to spend the day in bed with no television or anything else that may make a day off more attractive than being in school. Although manyContinue reading “An employee dismissed for going to the pub while off sick wins his unfair dismissal claim – have we gone too soft?”