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Managing the Impact of the Coronavirus in the Workplace

Can an employer lay off an employee or put them on short-time working? It depends on the terms of the contract of employment. Most employees do not have an implied right to be provided with work, but do have an implied right to be provided with pay. So when an employer lays off (or puts… Read More

Holiday pay and carry over

The European Working Time Directive entitles workers to at least 4 weeks’ holiday per year. Many countries, including the UK, choose to give workers additional holiday entitlement over and above the minimum. The Working Time Regulations 1998 gives UK employees an additional 1.6 weeks of leave per year. The Court of Justice of the European… Read More

Tagged With: domestic law, european law, Holiday Pay, Sick Pay, sickness absence

Whistleblowing and Automatic Unfair Dismissal

A dismissal will be automatically unfair if the main reason for the dismissal is the fact that the employee has ‘blown the whistle’ on malpractice. The Supreme Court has recently decided that an employer was liable for automatic unfair dismissal even though the decision maker was unaware of the protected disclosures. In Royal Mail v… Read More

Tagged With: automatic unfair dismissal, Supreme Court, Unfair Dismissal, Whistleblowing

Pregnancy and Maternity discrimination

Section 18 of the Equality Act 2010 deals specifically with pregnancy and maternity discrimination. A woman bringing a claim under section 18 does not need to show that a male comparator would have been treated more favourably (they can’t, because men cannot be pregnant or go on maternity leave). In normal direct discrimination claims under… Read More

Tagged With: Maternity discrimination, pregnancy discrimination

Philosophical belief discrimination

The Equality Act 2010 protects people from discrimination based on their philosophical beliefs. In order to be protected, the belief must be: Genuinely held; Be a belief not an opinion or viewpoint; Concern a weighty or substantial aspect of human life; Have attained a certain level of cogency, seriousness or importance (in a similar way… Read More

Tagged With: Discrimination, employment tribunal, philosophical belief

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