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…
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…
Article by Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP In Harpur Trust v Brazel [2022] UKSC 21, the Supreme Court had to decide on the correct method of calculating holiday entitlement and pay for workers who work…
Sajid Javid has made clear his intention to introduce a law requiring mandatory vaccination for workers in the health sector from April 2022. The new law has not been ‘made’ yet has been voted on…
On 13th July 21 the British Government passed legislation on England to make it mandatory for employees in the Care industry to take a drug, which is currently going through clinical trials, as a requirement…
June 2021 This fact sheet has been independently collated to provide information primarily to health workers who are facing action from their employer regarding the recent government decision to mandate vaccines for care staff and…
You may be aware that the Government is planning to roll out the COVID-19 vaccines to our children soon. This is already happening with over-16s in Manchester, despite safety and efficacy trials being incomplete. There…
Niall McCrae Healthcare workers who don’t want the experimental covid-19 vaccine should not expect the big trade unions to help. That much is clear, in a leaked response from Unison to two employees of Barchester…
The article below is from HR Magazine which highlights some of the pitfalls of working from home, you tend to work more hours than you are contracted for and your break times become erratic ….
HMRC has updated its CJRS guidance to reflect the extension of the furlough (CJRS) scheme to 31 March 2021. Here are ten key points for employers: Level of support: From 1 November 2020, employers can claim 80% of an…
Dear Members During the week we had the sad news that one of the founding members of the Workers of England Union had passed away. Alan England had been a great support and help when…