by Solutions for HR | Oct 29, 2021 | Employment Law News
As the cases of covid continue to rise and the media warns of increased hospitalisation in the winter months, the Government is muting its “Plan B” strategy to tackle the increasing risks.The current “Plan A” strategy focuses on testing and vaccination to help prevent...
by Solutions for HR | Oct 29, 2021 | Employment Law News
Employees are legally required to self-isolate if they test positive for COVID-19 or are an unvaccinated close contact of someone who has tested positive.The current position for vaccinated staff is that if you are a close contact with a positive case, you don’t have...
by Solutions for HR | Oct 6, 2021 | Employment Law News
A care worker was unfairly dismissed because furlough wasn’t considered during a redundancy exercise.A former care assistant, who was made redundant rather than furloughed at the start of the pandemic was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has determined.This is one...
by Solutions for HR | Oct 6, 2021 | Employment Law News
New research by Acas has found that a quarter of British employers have not been giving their staff paid time off to allow staff to get their covid vaccine.59% of those surveyed have been giving staff paid time off but this leaves the remainder either unsure or not...
by Solutions for HR | Oct 6, 2021 | Employment Law News
After 18 months and numerous extensions, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) finally ended on the 30th of September 2021.It is estimated that around a million workers remained on furlough or flexi furlough in September, although with a record number of job...
by Solutions for HR | Sep 22, 2021 | Employment Law News
If your employee does something that could be seen as “discriminatory in the course of their employment”, then as an employer you can be held “vicariously liable” on behalf of your employee.Vicarious liability involves making an employer liable for the legal wrongs...
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