For Employment Tribunals claims presented on or after 6 April 2023, the compensation (Vento bands) for injury to feelings awards in unlawful discrimination and whistleblowing cases have now increased to: On top of that, the most exceptional cases are capable of exceeding £56,200. The bands…
Various statutory rates of pay have now increased at the very start of this month. Statutory sick pay From today, statutory sick pay has increased from £99.35 to £109.40 per week. Statutory maternity pay and other family leave pay From 2 April 2023, statutory maternity,…
We’ve consciously held off on joining the Prince Harry debate about unconscious bias and race discrimination because of press overload. That said, from a UK employment law perspective, it is a live topic. Employment Tribunals have to consider issues surrounding unconscious bias and race discrimination,…
MPs have just agreed to radically extend the rights of pregnant women and mothers in a redundancy situation by approving a Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill. Under this, from the moment a woman tells her employer that she is pregnant up to…
Being around cake in the office is akin to passive smoking in terms of the harm it can cause according to Food Standards Agency (FSA) Chairwoman, Susan Jebb. She is also a Professor of Diet and Population Health at the University of Oxford. She believes…
Over-50s are struggling to find employment due to employer’s adverse opinions on people aged over 50, their caring responsibilities and the lifestyle changes they wish (or, in some cases, need) to embrace. Research conducted by the Chartered Management Institute (the CMI), which focuses on management…
An Employment Tribunal has just awarded whistleblowing NHS consultant, Jasna Macanovic, a whopping £219,000 in compensation. At work, she expressed concerns about a procedure called “buttonholing”, which uses blunt needles to aid dialysis. Dialysis is a procedure to remove waste products and excess fluid from…
Do we understand hidden disabilities as we should? Is it right for someone with a hidden disability to be forced into having to say they have one? The furore last week around Senior Councillor Rachel Garrick knitting during a budget council Zoom meeting was very…
To add to their woes, an estimated five to ten thousand NHS staff are about to see their pay halved this month as a result of them still being off work with Long Covid. A special sick pay rule was introduced early on in the…
Should a transgender woman convicted of sexual offences when she was a man be allowed to serve her sentence in a female jail? On Tuesday, a transgender woman, Isla Bryson, was convicted of raping two women after a six-day trial held at the High Court…