This month’s episode covers changing contractual terms. Samuel Gray and Tom Hyatt will be talking about how an employer can change contractual terms, what the risks involved in changing those terms can be and discussing practical tips for employers looking to change a...
New Draft Code in wake of P&O Fire & Rehire Draft Statutory Code of Practice – Dismissal and Re-Engagement – In More Detail On 24 January 2023, the government has published a draft Statutory Code of Practice on the “Dismissal and Re-engagement” (the Code) of...
All in a Day’s Work: Discretionary Benefits The episode will focus on what discretionary benefits employers can offer and how those benefits can sometime become contractual entitlements. We will also be covering our top tips for reducing the risk of discretionary...
Changes made to flexible working requests The Government has yesterday released the outcome of its consultation, Making Flexible Working the Default. The Government’s response confirms the intention to introduce changes to current legislation regarding the right to...
All in a Day’s Work: Holiday and Annual Leave This month’s episode covers holiday and annual leave. We will provide an overview of all things related to holiday and annual leave, including what employees are entitled to as a statutory minimum, whether holiday...
All in a Day’s Work: Worker and Employee Rights This month’s episode covers the different types of employment status. We will provide an overview of the rights attributed to each type of employment status and look specifically at how the rights of workers differ to...
IR35 Compliance in Practice Now a little over a month since the introduction of the Off-Payroll Rules, we’ve been reviewing what businesses have been doing in practice to ensure their compliance and some of the common issues that have been encountered. A summary of...
Is a dismissal for refusing to attend work for COVID reasons automatically unfair? In the recent case of Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd, the Claimant did not have the required two years’ service to bring an ordinary unfair dismissal claim but was able to bring an...
Strike out orders in the Employment Tribunal Employment Tribunals have the power to strike out a claim at any stage if the case has no reasonable prospects of success. In the recent case of Cox v Adecco, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) found that an Employment...
Vaccination issues for employers Whilst the vaccine is currently only being rolled out to priority groups, its anticipated that it will be available to the wider population in the not too distant future. Employers hoping for a return to the workplace will need to...
