Workplace Wellbeing
Focuses on strategies for rest, recovery, work-life balance, and creating safe, positive working environments.
Changes to Sexual Harassment Legislation
The recently published annual NHS staff survey reveals concerningly the highest reported levels of discrimination since the survey began. For the first time, staff were asked if they had experience...
New Code of Practice for Fire and Rehire
Employers sometimes enforce contractual amendments by using a “fire and rehire” strategy—terminating employment and offering to rehire staff on new terms. A Statutory Code of Practice regulating th...
ICO Bans Biometric Data Monitoring
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered the public service provider Serco Leisure to stop using biometric data to track employees’ attendance. This enforcement notice is part of the...
Inquiry on Protection of Human Rights at Work
The Workers of England Union have expressed serious concerns regarding the impartiality of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the terminology it uses around “Covid.” For example, Baroness Kenn...
Tribunal Upholds Homeopathic Lifestyle
In Paul Edward Bailey v West Midlands Ambulance Service (Case No. 1302139/2022), the Midlands West Employment Tribunal confirmed that the Claimant holds a protected philosophical belief under the E...
Updated Paternity Leave Regulations
On 8 March 2024, the Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 will come into effect, resulting in significant changes to paternity leave rights in the UK.
Key Changes
Split Leave Periods: T...
Term-Time Working and Annual Leave
The Supreme Court held that workers on permanent contracts but required to work only part of the year (e.g., term-time working and annual leave arrangements) are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’...
Employment Law Changes in 2024
Governments have introduced several changes in employment legislation that employers and employees should be aware of. This article provides a summary of the key updates effective in 2024. For a co...
Employee's Case Failed Due to No Union Rep
Note: The graphics in this article are the personal artwork of the author. This article discusses the law governing employment and labour relationships between workers, employers, and trade uni...
Supreme Court Ruling on Holiday Pay
The interpretation of what constitutes normal pay has been evolving since 2014/15. On 4 October, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision making it simpler for employees to reclaim unlawful ded...
