Nov 12, 2024 Has the horse bolted when it comes to self-employed carers: lessons from the Bolt worker status ruling By Anna Dabek In recent years, employment status in the UK has been a critical topic, particularly for care providers who may engage carers as...
Jul 05, 2024 Things can only get better? But how and when? By Anna Dabek The results are in, and the surprise factor is akin to UK’s “nil pointe” on Eurovision night! Number 10 has a new inhabitant. Whatever...
Nov 27, 2023 Tribunal finds that care worker was dismissed for not attending work, not because she blew the whistle By Jackie Morris In a recent Employment Tribunal case (Ms. J. Pelling v. The Complete Care Group Ltd) the Employment Tribunal has given its judgment, that...
Oct 12, 2023 A series of unlawful deductions (including relating to holiday pay) may survive a three month break By Anna Dabek The weather and holidays - our hairdresser conversations of choice! But a holiday obsession is not the exclusive domain of hair salons;...
Dec 14, 2022 Another 'I am sick' phone call By Anna Dabek It was reported last month that the number of people off work due to long-term sickness hit a record high of 2.5 million in the three...
Oct 18, 2022 World Menopause Day 2022 - supporting your colleagues in the workplace By Anna Dabek Menopause, its symptoms and its effect on women in the workplace have been really brought into the light over the last 18 months. Some...
Jul 20, 2022 Holiday pay - entitlement to 5.6 weeks paid holiday for those working irregular hours By Anna Dabek The judgment in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel was published today (20 July 2022) confirming that part-year employees (and those...
Jun 21, 2022 The Employment Tribunal finds long Covid is a disability By Anthony Collins The key headlines from this case are as follows: the claimant in this case suffered from long Covid andthis illness was a disability. For...
Jun 21, 2022 Changes to fit notes By Anna Dabek The amendment to the regulations governing fit notes has been laid before Parliament, to change the existing legislation on statements of...
Jun 15, 2022 'The Change' must prompt a change within our workplaces By Anna Dabek A 44% rise in anything over a 12-month period is, by most people’s reckoning, worthy of some fanfare and action. Both, however, appear a...
May 24, 2022 Long Covid – is it a disability? By Anna Dabek The Human Rights watchdog, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), caused a Twitter flurry earlier this month by tweeting that...
Mar 02, 2022 Long Covid - how can it be managed by employers? By Anna Dabek We may be seeing the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in the UK, but the virus has not gone away, and I fear its legacy will be evident...