11 Jan, 2024 Holiday entitlement guidance; heavy on confusion, light on clarification! By Anna Dabek We ended 2023 on a holiday note (see our round-up of 2023) and we are starting 2024 on the same topic. Before the accusations fly that...
19 Dec, 2023 Draft guidance on gender questioning children finally released - an end of term treat for teachers! By Katherine Sinclair Esther Campsall Libby Hubbard If further proof was needed that politicians and teachers are not the greatest of friends, then the publication of draft guidance the...
16 Feb, 2023 Bad investigations lead to bad outcomes and let bad behaviours continue By Anna Dabek Reading excerpts from the case of Mobbs v Weetabix could put most people off their breakfast! Whether you keep munching or reach for...
09 Feb, 2023 Listen 'without prejudice' By Libby Hubbard Apologies - this is not a blog of homage to the late great George Michael but rather a shameless use of his timeless album title to...
08 Feb, 2023 Three Cs for part-year contracts - comprehensive, clear and consistent By Katherine Sinclair Part-year workers and employees are getting a lot of attention at the moment! Holiday was and still is the subject of much debate thanks...
29 Sep, 2022 Face to face for employers and landlords – right to rent/work checks By Emma Hardman Anna Dabek The Government has announced the lifting of one of its remaining Covid-19 measures. From 1 October 2022 landlords carrying out...
09 Aug, 2022 If the pen is mightier than the sword...does that apply to words too? By Libby Hubbard The words we use matter; they set a culture, be that for good or ill. In a recent tribunal case, an insurance firm learnt this the...
05 Apr, 2022 April guidance: it’s as woolly as the new lambs! By Libby Hubbard Do you remember that feeling when school was out… for the last time? No rules, no one telling you what you should do. I am feeling a...
03 Mar, 2021 Furlough; not just fur-now but fur-longer! By Libby Hubbard As has been anticipated and widely leaked, the Chancellor has confirmed that Furlough (or officially the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme...
20 Jan, 2021 Government resists calls for legal right to furlough for parents and carers By Libby Hubbard This request during parliamentary questions, arose following a TUC survey of 50,000 women which suggested that 71% of working mothers,...
05 Nov, 2020 Another furlough extension; has Christmas come early? By Libby Hubbard I doubt many of us expected the Chancellor's announcement earlier today that the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme "furlough...
04 Nov, 2020 Have we now got shielding version 2.0 to accompany versions 2.0 of CJRS and national lockdown? By Libby Hubbard The bare bones of the extended CJRS are not giving us employment lawyers much to chew on at the moment! However, the Government gave us a...