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Changes to the Legal Definition of a Disability

Article by Amy Hallam of BRM Law Protected characteristic of Disability – changes to the legal definition of a disability. Further to our recent article where we updated you on some of the amendments to…

Changes to sexual harassment legislation and the new positive duty on employers

Article by Hill Dickinson – Fiona McLellan and Rachael McKenzie The recently published annual NHS staff survey shows concerningly the highest reported levels of discrimination experienced by staff since the survey began. The survey also asked, for the first…

Employment Law News, Latest News 08/03/2024

Government publishes final Statutory Code of Practice governing fire and rehire practices

Article by Amanda Steadman from Braham Dutt Badrick French LLP Employers sometimes try to enforce contractual amendments on their workforce by using a “fire and rehire” strategy – terminating employment and offering to hire staff…

ICO bans leisure centres from using biometric data to monitor employees

Article by Honey Wyatt of HR Magazine The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered the public service provider Serco Leisure to stop using biometric data to track employees’ attendance. Serco Leisure, Serco Jersey and seven…

UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights: Inquiry on protection of human rights at work

The Workers of England Union have serious concerns regarding the contents and impartiality of the ‘Joint Committee on Human Rights’ and the words they use around ‘covid’. As an example Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws…

The line between workplace banter and discrimination?

Written by Catherine Wilson Catherine is an expert employment lawyer and HR problem solver. She works as an Employment Partner at W Legal Limited and also runs her own employment law and HR consultancy, training, and…

Homeopathic Lifestyle Ruled a ‘Protected Characteristic’ in Tribunal Ruling for Fired NHS Worker

Article by Rachel Roberts of Epoch Times Homeopathic Lifestyle Ruled a ‘Protected Characteristic’ in Tribunal Ruling for Fired NHS Worker | The Epoch Times Paul Bailey was sacked after declining COVID-19 jabs but ongoing tribunal…

WEU wins significant case – Tribunal upholds homeopathic lifestyle and bodily autonomy in the right to determine whether to have Covid vaccination

In Paul Edward Bailey – v – West Midlands Ambulance Service – Case No. 1302139/2022 the Midlands West Employment Tribunal has upheld that the Claimant has a protected philosophical belief under the Equality Act in…

Updated Paternity Leave Regulations

On 8 March 2024, the Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 will come into effect, making changes to existing paternity leave rights in the UK. The key changes being introduced are as follows: The two-week paternity leave entitlement…

Employment Law News, Latest News 23/01/2024

Term time working and Annual Leave

Details The Supreme Court held that workers who are on permanent contracts, but who are only required to work for part of the year (e.g. workers on term-time-only or zero-hours contracts), are entitled to a…

Employment Law News, Latest News 22/01/2024

Employment Law changes in 2024

Article from NR Magazine By Emma Williams, employment associate, and Nicole Akinyemi, trainee solicitor, at Katten Muchin Rosenman UK Here is a summary of the changes that can be expected in 2024: Streamlining TUPE consultations …

Employment Law News, Latest News 12/01/2024

Guidance on Holiday pay and entitlement reforms from 1 January 2024

This guidance sets out the changes to the Working Time Regulations which the government introduced on 1 January 2024. It does not provide definitive answers to all individual queries. It is not intended to be…

OUR REPS AND LAWYERS HELP A WORKERS OF ENGLAND UNION MEMBER WIN HER CASE

We are pleased to report that, where our lawyers began representing a member who was being threatened with a Costs Order in late November, if she didn’t drop the case, they had, by the end…

WEU wins Unfair Dismissal case for Care Worker who refused Covid 19 ‘Vaccine’.

The Workers of England Union represented the claimant, MR M. Trotman against his former employer ‘The Royal Star & Garter Homes’ Mr Trotman was unfairly dismissed by the Respondents on 23rd December 2021 There was…