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HR teams need to update policies as mental health-related employment claims rise

15 March 2020

12 March 2020

Government sets out details of new UK points-based immigration system coming into force from 1 January 2021

Message from the Home Office - ‘Employers not currently approved by the Home Office to be a sponsor should consider doing so now if they...

11 March 2020

HR teams need to update policies as mental health-related employment claims rise

An increasing awareness of mental health issues is leading to higher rates of disability discrimination claims in which mental rather than physical disability forms the...

18 February 2020

Saying “I won’t be back” in the heat of the moment was not a resignation given the circumstances

In Rae v Wellhead Electrical Supplies Limited, Ogg, the Finance Director, had not processed salary increases that R, the MD, had promised to staff. R...

4 February 2020

Heat of the moment comment about shooting a colleague did not justify dismissal

An ET has held that the work done by Jeremy Vine on Points of View and Samira Ahmed on Newswatch was ‘like work’ i.e. work...

2 February 2020

Parental bereavement leave and pay coming into force on 6 April

The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 will come into force on 6 April 2020 by way of the Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020...

26 January 2020

Government announces increases to statutory payments in April 2020

The Department for Work and Pensions has published a paper setting out proposed increases to statutory payments which will apply from April 2020. Statutory Maternity...

View that it is impossible to change from one sex to another is not a protected ‘philosophical belief’

24 January 2020

16 January 2020

National Living Wage increases to £8.72 per hour from April 2020

The Government has accepted the Low Pay Commission recommendation that the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) hourly rates should increase in...

15 January 2020

Vegans but not vegetarians – the practical impact of protected beliefs under the Equality Act

The practical impact of protected beliefs under the Equality Act has been limited – partly because many of the beliefs that have achieved protection have...

13 January 2020

Discovering Vice President’s salary accidently and telling a few colleagues not gross misconduct

In Jagex Ltd v McCambridge, M was summarily dismissed after finding a document that had been left on the communal printer which contained the salary...

ET rules veganism is a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010

11 January 2020

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ET rules veganism is a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act 2010

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