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Employee unfairly dismissed for “upset and friction” caused by health and safety activities
Mandatory vaccination programmes and human rights
The remedy of re-engagement: the difference between what is possible and what is practicable
Temporary UK right to work measures to end next month
Key changes to the National Minimum Wage
Sleep-in workers: The National Minimum Wage applies only when awake for the purpose of working
When are sleep-in workers “working” for the purposes of calculating the National Minimum Wage (NMW)? Only when they are awake for the purpose of working.
Changes to IR35 guidance
The divisible employee: when services the employee performs are split between new contractors under TUPE
Gender Balance in FTSE Leadership
Sexual orientation vs religion and belief – the clash of rights returns
Dismissal for refusing to wear face mask can be fair
Over the past year, face masks have become an ordinary part of life and it was only a matter of time before they became the focus of a workplace dispute. In the first such dispute to reach a tribunal, Kubilius v Kent Foods Ltd (ET/3201960/2020), an employment tribunal found that a lorry driver was dismissed fairly for his refusal to wear a face mask on a client’s premises.