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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

New Employment Legislation

In December 2019, the government set out its plans for new employment law legislation in the Queen’s Speech. Much of it will be familiar from the Good Work Plan and includes: Creating a single labour market enforcement agency to protect the rights of vulnerable workers; Requiring employers to pass on all tips and service charges… Read More

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The Taylor Report – points of interest…

The Taylor Review – now renamed the ‘Good Work’ report, has recently been published.  There are a number of points of interest but here are our top ten:- Establishing employment status – the future of the worker – There is confusion in the current three tier system and the two categories of people that are… Read More

Does travel to and from work count as working time?

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has provided guidance on what constitutes working time for those workers with no habitual workplace. The ECJ looked at whether, for these types of workers, time spent travelling from home to customers’ premises and vice versa was working time under the Working Time Directive. It was concluded that it… Read More

Acas Early Conciliation

The anticipated Employment Tribunals (Early Conciliation: Exemptions and Rules of Procedures) have been published and confirm that Early Conciliation will come into force on 6th April 2014 The new legislation means that individuals who wish to bring a claim against their employer in an Employment Tribunal will first need to contact ACAS. It is however worth… Read More

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