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Employee status and agency workers: The nature of the work is the key consideration

Posted on Sep 7th, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

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An employee on a temporary zero hours contract should be classed as an agency worker, the Employment Appeal Tribunal found in Brooknight Guarding Limited v. Matei.

Kilraine v London Borough of Wandsworth [2018]

Posted on Jul 12th, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

Categories: Termination, Unfair dismissal, Whistleblowing

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A recent case has considered the issue of what amounts to a protected disclosure. In Kilraine v. London Borough of Wandsworth [2018], the Court of Appeal guided Employment Tribunals in such cases to focus on determining whether there was a "protected disclosure" and whether the disclosed information, showed or tended to show that one or more of the six specified types of malpractice had taken place or was likely to take place – for example a breach of a legal obligation.

Home Office publishes details of settlement scheme for EU Citizens:

Posted on Jun 21st, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

Categories: Uncategorized

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EU citizens will be able to apply for settled status in 3 easy steps for less than the price of a passport, under plans outlined by the Immigration Minister today. Please see here for further details.

Home Office publishes details of settlement scheme for EU Citizens:

Tier 2 Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship – Quota hit

Posted on May 17th, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

Categories: Immigration

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Tier 2 Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS), which employers use to employ non-EU/EEA nationals in the UK, are scarce.

All workers to benefit from the right to an itemized payslip

Posted on May 16th, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

Categories: Employee benefits, Employment Documents, Government Proposals, Legislative Changes, Pay, benefits and bonuses

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An Order for an amendment to the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) has now been made. The Order will grant every worker the right to an itemised pay statement from 6 April 2019.

Taylor Review – update

Posted on Apr 20th, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

Categories: Employee benefits, Employment Status, Government Proposals, Holiday pay, National Minimum Wage, Pay, benefits and bonuses

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The House of Commons Work and Pensions and Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committees (the Committees) made recommendations in November 2017 for addressing the issues raised in the Taylor Review. These included:

Taylor Review – update

The “Windrush” generation – the similarities for EU nationals

Posted on Apr 18th, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

Categories: Brexit, Immigration

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The UK government's immigration minister, Caroline Nokes, has set out the government's commitment to support the "Windrush" generation. The "Windrush" generation is a reference to the ship, the Empire Windrush, that brought workers from the West Indies to Britain in 1948.

Disability – what do you know?

Posted on Feb 16th, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

Categories: Discrimination

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The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision in Donelien v. Liberata UK Ltd (see here) and provided reassurance to employers that they can rely on occupation health advisers in deciding the question of disability. However, this is subject to employers making their own enquiries also.

Disability – what do you know?

Stretched resources – immigration and gender pay

Posted on Feb 14th, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

Categories: Gender pay gap reporting, Immigration

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Two stories have made the headlines today, and both relate to stretched resources. The stories look at preparing the UK immigration system for after Brexit, and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) enforcing employers to publish gender pay gap information.

How are companies coping with the apprenticeship levy?

Posted on Feb 14th, 2018 By Verity Buckingham

Categories: Apprenticeships

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Employee status and agency workers: The nature of the work is the key consideration

Kilraine v London Borough of Wandsworth [2018]

Home Office publishes details of settlement scheme for EU Citizens:

Tier 2 Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship – Quota hit

All workers to benefit from the right to an itemized payslip

Taylor Review – update

The “Windrush” generation – the similarities for EU nationals

Disability – what do you know?

Stretched resources – immigration and gender pay

How are companies coping with the apprenticeship levy?

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