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Losing a relative or loved one can be an incredibly difficult time for anyone. This can be exacerbated with your employer only giving you a day or two off to grieve. The problem being that there is no legal requirement for employers to provide paid leave to those in mourning. So unfortunately a lot of … Read more
We have recently been encountering several cases in which employees have been trying to argue that they have not been placed in the right pay grade and that they should be getting a higher salary. They have then gone on to express a desire to submit an unlawful deduction of wages claim for all the … Read more
Research Identifying Risk of Miscarriage for Night-shift workers New research from the Fertility Centre at University Hospital Southampton has found a significant increase in the incidence of miscarriage among pregnant nightshift workers when compared to women who work nine to five. The study, led by Dr Linden Stocker and Dr Ying Cheong, considered the reproductive … Read more
A recent independent report has highlighted a worrying aspect with regard to Healthcare Assistants within Britain.[1] This is that there is no minimum standard of training before they are allowed to work unsupervised. The obvious risk being that without the proper training how are the healthcare assistants supposed to provide the required care towards their patients … Read more
We have recently been instructed to assist a client who was, unfortunately, quite suddenly dismissed after he refused to accept a pay cut. Although surprising, it is possible for employers to dismiss employees if they refuse to accept a pay cut however, such dismissals will often be subjected the scrutiny of Employment Tribunals if the … Read more
On the 6th April 2013 the Government introduced a rather significant change to the rules relating to collective redundancy that companies have to abide by. With regard to what it meant by collective the Government have classed it as any company that is looking to make 100 or more staff members redundant. The rule change … Read more
A golf club in East Anglia has lost an unfair dismissal claim brought by a former employee. The claim brought against Gorleston Golf Club hinged on an incident whereby the Claimant’s manager, a qualified first-aider, was drinking in the club bar at the same time as the barmaid had collapsed into a diabetic coma. The … Read more
With sites like Facebook having over a billion users worldwide and sites like Twitter and Instagram following closely behind in the amount of users, you can easily find out what people are doing and what their personality is like just from their various social media pages. Posting compromising photos and explicit status’ and comments really can hamper … Read more
Whistle blowing occurs when a worker reports what he feels is suspected wrongdoing at work. The things which workers can report include anything that is illegal or if work are neglecting various duties such as health and safety, environmental issues, covering up wrongdoing etc. An employee should not be dismissed because of the whistle blowing … Read more
There are three words that can instill fear in any employee when they are potentially being offered a new job. They are subject to references. There is still some confusion over what obligations employers have when it comes to references and what they actually have to consist of. The first thing to note is that … Read more