Unconscious bias led to unfair dismissal by the NHS

September 17, 2019August 6, 2019 by

How can you be sure that your organisation follows a discrimination free decision making? A well updated equality and diversity policy manual, a fully trained workforce? But are these enough? Irrespective of the best efforts of employer, sometimes discrimination cases are unavoidable. A survey collated over the last 5 years, has found that while equality and diversity among the staff are some key concerns of corporate sector of UK, …

EU Employment law to be reviewed by Parliament post Brexit

September 17, 2019July 25, 2019 by

During her time as Prime Minister, Teresa May, has said that Parliament will decide the appropriate rules regarding employment instead of accepting the EU changes automatically post Brexit. She supported this position in her statement, “When it comes to workers’ rights, this Parliament has set world-leading standards and will continue to do so in the future, taking its own decisions working closely with trade unions and businesses.” According to Dave …

Stress at work: When should your manager support you?

August 19, 2019June 20, 2019 by

How far is too far before the intervention of an employer? Do employers have any responsibility to their employees outside the work environment? Are employers the first to be blamed whenever an incident regarding an employee occurs? Sadly employers are at times, if not most times, held responsible to a certain degree when it comes to the welfare of employees. Whenever the word ‘stress’ is mentioned in relation to a …

Top 10 Legal Changes in the Workplace in 2019

August 19, 2019June 18, 2019 by

With so many complaints, grievances and cases originating from the workplace, not only are employers saddled with a lot of responsibilities, but employment law, employment lawyers and the human resource department of various workplaces are also included in those who will be undergoing an uncomfortable change this year. From age discrimination, gender discrimination, gender pay gap, wrongful dismissal, sexual discrimination, racial discrimination and other forms of discrimination to Post-Brexit immigration …

Top 5 Employment Law cases in March 2019

July 25, 2019June 16, 2019 by

Racial discrimination, gender pay gap, wrongful dismissal, maternity discrimination, pregnancy discrimination which lead to employment redundancy. These are among the many cases employees claiming at an employment tribunal. In March 2019 the top 5 employment tribunal cases occurring were; Trainee emergency operator racially discriminated against during drug investigation Jerry Ogbonna was suspended without pay five days into his employment with partnership of East London Cooperatives (PELC) He was accused of …

UK Workplace Rights Are Upgraded

June 19, 2019June 10, 2019 by

The government has introduced what it claims to be the “largest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”. It’s important for employees to know what are the new improved rights. These rights include: A strengthening of the Employment Agency Standard Inspectorate with new powers and allowances to impose penalties on employers who breach employment laws. After 6 months of working for an employer, employees have the right to submit a …

12 Hot Topics In Employment Law In 2019

June 19, 2019June 6, 2019 by

Some of the hot topics in employment law in 2019 include: 1. Atypical workers 2019 will see the start of some statutory protections currently limited to those termed ’employees’ to be extended to ‘workers’. One of these includes, employers are now required to give every ‘worker’, a written itemised pay statement at or before the time at which any payment is made. 2. Business protection The Patents Act 1977 makes …

New Employment Laws To Look Out For In 2019

June 19, 2019June 4, 2019 by

Employment laws are constantly changing. Here‘s what to look out for in employment law in 2019. Auto-enrolment contributions: It’s expected that from April, the minimum contributions for auto-enrolment pension schemes will increase for both employers and their employees. Currently, automatic enrolment requirements require employers to contribute at least 2% of an eligible worker’s pre-taxed salary to their pension purse, while the worker contributes 3% themselves. However, under the new requirements, …

Parliament to vote on adopting EU employment law post Brexit

June 19, 2019May 27, 2019 by

In a bid to calm anxious workers and their representatives in Britain following Brexit, Theresa May’s proposal allows MPS to vote on whether they will be following suit in order of the new EU employment legislation after Brexit. Whilst this might on some level alleviate the anxiety of workers in the UK especially EU workers, there are many that are a bit apprehensive and feel this is a play by …

Brexit Threatens To Disrupt UK Employment Laws

May 26, 2019May 8, 2019 by

In November 2018, the Draft Withdrawal Agreement and Outline Political Declaration agreed between the British government and the European Union (EU) was published. On the 15th of January, 2019 however, with a margin of 432 to 202 votes, the House of Commons voted against this deal. Again the house voted against the deal on 12 March, 2019, with a margin of 391 to 242 votes against the deal. This continued …