Long covid is now classed as a disability according to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). As such, in the absence of clear legislation, employers should treat employees with long covid as having a disability. However, long covid will not necessarily trigger protection under…
“In some ways being a self-confessed lesbian has ruined my political career”. Maureen Colquhoun, Labour MP for Northampton North 1974-1979 (The Knitting Circle 2001) During her lifetime, Maureen Colquhoun bravely confronted societal constraints and society’s attitude towards homosexuality. Maureen became the first openly gay MP…
From 6 April 2022, there will be an increase in compensation limits for dismissals occurring on or after this date. The limit on a week’s pay (statutory redundancy pay/an unfair dismissal basic award) will increase from £544 to £571 and the limit on the maximum…
The government has announced this week that the statutory sick pay (SSP) rebate scheme will end on 24 March 2022 as part of its “Living with covid plan”. The scheme was reintroduced to assist small businesses and their employees to cover sickness absences arising due…
In today’s society, Alan Turing is remembered for his crucial efforts in the fight against Nazi Germany throughout WW2. Turing was a brilliant mathematician who is notoriously celebrated for breaking the Enigma code after years of hard work and dedication at Bletchley Park. WW2 British…
The government has announced that it intends to introduce legislation requiring all employers to pass the full extent of tips received to their workers without any deductions in a fair and transparent manner. They already have to pass cash tips to them but not ones…
An Employment Tribunal has found a care home worker to have been fairly dismissed when she refused to get the covid vaccine. The Tribunal accepted that her “Rastafarian beliefs” were genuine but the requirement for her to be vaccinated was a reasonable management instruction of…
A sign of what is to come on the coronavirus and sickness absence front….. The government has just adopted temporary emergency legislation aimed at reducing the burden on GPs whilst it rolls out the booster programme. Prior to Friday 17 December 2021, an employee could…
As today marks World Aids Day, we would like to put our focus on the link between HIV, AIDS and discrimination. At the end of 2020, approximately 38 million people globally were living with HIV, with 1.5 million newly infected that year, and approximately 680,000…
Have you thought about the way you respond to feedback? As an employee? As a manager? And how it could affect how you are perceived? And your career progression? The giving and the receiving of feedback are really important factors in accomplishing high-quality work and…