August 1st, 2018
High sickness absence can place huge pressure on a business. How easy is it to take disciplinary action against a disabled employee for high sickness absence? The Employment Appeal Tribunal...
August 1st, 2018
The law on constructive dismissal has been under the spotlight recently. Sometimes, employees claim constructive dismissal because of a 'last straw' which pushes them over the edge. The courts have...
July 18th, 2018
There has been a lot of publicity lately about the employment status of individuals working in the gig economy. Employees and workers have more rights than the genuinely self-employed, so...
July 15th, 2018
An employer will not be liable for disability discrimination unless it knew about the employee's disability (or should have known about it). But what if an employer disciplines someone for...
June 14th, 2017
The former owner of a London hotel has been hit with what is said to be the largest ever fine for fire safety failings. Salim Patel formerly owned the Radnor...
April 5th, 2015
The drug driving law changed on 2 March 2015 to make it easier for the police to catch and convict drug drivers under the influence of both illegal and certain...
April 1st, 2015
The changes to Employment Law coming into effect as of April are as follows: 1. Shared Parental Leave and Pay The new system of shared parental leave and pay is...
January 10th, 2015
Since the Health and Safety Executive stopped approving first aid training and the centres that provide it, courses stopped being checked by a single external body and businesses no longer...
January 5th, 2015
A building firm in North West London has been fined for neglecting safety after a carpenter broke his collarbone and a rib when he fell through an unprotected rooflight opening....
December 27th, 2014
The Government’s Cyber-Essentials scheme ‘offers a sound foundation of basic hygiene measures that all types of organisations can implement and potentially build upon” to mitigate the risk from common Internet-based...
