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In a world where multiple generations are employed within the same workforce, organisations and employers must ensure that their business is inclusive, and ensure that they manage age diversity fairly and lawfully. What is age discrimination and when is...
Fit notes have replaced sick notes if an employee is off sick. The requirements around the procedures employees need to follow around time off due to illness will depend on their employer’s employment policies and their contract with the...
It pays to recruit good staff but what happens if things go wrong? How would you manage a sickness absence? How effective is your performance management? How would you respond to a grievance or a claim? These are some of the challenges you could face as an...
This is a highly damaging investigation for McDonald's, exposing serious problems with its workplace culture as well as its legal and ethical responsibility to protect employees from harm. McDonald's signed a legally binding pledge with the...
The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023, which gained Royal assent on 24 th May 2023, will give eligible new parents the right to take up to 12 weeks paid leave, in addition to other entitlements such as maternity and paternity leave, if their baby is...
In the case of Lovingangels Care Ltd v Mhindurwa, the employment appeal tribunal has recently upheld an employment tribunal’s ruling that an employer’s decision to dismiss an employee by way of redundancy, as opposed to placing them on...
It is understood that an NHS hospital trust has been found to have racially discriminated against an employee, when he was treated unequally to a co-worker, an employment tribunal ruled. Judge David Brannan reportedly concluded that the claimant was...
Being diagnosed with anxiety will not automatically mean that you are protected by the disability provisions of the Equality Act 2010. There are very few conditions/diagnoses which are classed as disabilities automatically under the act (including...
Reports that Asda are considering cutting wages for 7,000 staff in south east England is obviously concerning news for employees, particularly in the context of the current cost of living crisis. Pay is often seen as the most fundamental...
The announcement from BT that they are set to cut up to 55,000 jobs is concerning for all its employees and could unfortunately be the start of many companies cutting back on staff in favour of artificial intelligence. The numbers are, on the face of...
