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Can you withhold sick pay during a pandemic?
Whether it’s a ‘duvet day’ because the weather is cold and dreary outside or a suspicious tummy bug following a sunny Bank Holiday Monday, if you are an employer then…
COVID Testing at Work
COVID Testing in the Workplace: An Employer’s Guide We’ve looked at whether employers can insist their employees are vaccinated against COVID-19 but what about the issue of testing? Many employers running essential…
What is Discrimination ‘Arising’ from a Disability?
The introduction of the Equality Act 2010 not only brought together existing protections against discrimination, it also introduced new ones. One of the new elements was specifically drafted to close…
What Is Caste Discrimination?
The introduction of the Equality Act in 2010 brought together various strands of existing legislation prohibiting discrimination on different grounds including race, religion etc. It also confirmed the coverage of…
Government Moves Closer to Paid Bereavement Leave
Employment law provides a structural mechanism to help employees deal with many significant life events: sick pay during times of illness, maternity leave and pay when an employee has a…
Naming and Shaming: Why Employers Failed To Pay National Minimum Wage
Hundreds more employers have been publically ‘named and shamed’ by the Government for failing to pay their workers the national minimum wage. Quarter on quarter, the number of employers continues…
The Pro-Rata Principle: Why Airline Got It Wrong For Part-Time Staff
The law on employing part-time employees says that employers must not treat a part-time employee less favourably than a full-time employee just because of their part-time status. Where less favourable…
MPs to consider whether unpaid trial shifts should be made illegal
Several MPs led by SNP MP Stewart McDonald are proposing that unpaid trial shifts should be banned and made illegal. The Unpaid Trial Work Periods (Prohibition) Bill seeks to make…