by Magara Law | Oct 15, 2024 | Advice for all, Employment Law Updates
Another couple of long running cases have recently been decided, Mencap v Tomlinson-Blake and Shannon v Rampersad. Both concern the pay of workers in a caring role when they are asleep but available to give care. Ms Tomlinson-Blake was employed by Mencap. She...
by Magara Law | Oct 15, 2024 | Discrimination, Employment Law Updates, HR Advice
As of July 2021, there were some 46 million people in the UK who had received a Covid-19 vaccine. However, there are still numerous people who, for one reason or another, still not taken up the offer of a vaccine yet. July 2021 saw the UK Government approve compulsory...
by Magara Law | Oct 15, 2024 | Employment Law Updates, Employment Tribunal, HR Advice
The Vento bands have been updated following joint Presidential guidance. For claims that are presented on or after 6 April 2021, the Vento bands are: lower band £900 to £9,100 (less serious cases); middle band £9,100 to £27,400 (cases that do not merit an award in the...
by Magara Law | Oct 14, 2024 | Employment Law Updates
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) in Varnish v British Cycling has upheld the decision of an Employment Tribunal that the claimant, a professional sportsperson was not an ‘employee’ or a ‘worker’ based on the facts of her case. This meant that she was...
by Magara Law | Oct 14, 2024 | Employment Law Updates
Usually, every April, changes to existing regulations come into force in the UK. Below are some of the most significant changes to employment law from 6 April 2020. Written terms (‘written statement of employment particulars’) Workers now have the...
by Magara Law | Oct 14, 2024 | Discrimination, Employment Law Updates, HR Advice
The Employment Appeal Tribunal confirmed that an employer’s policy to promote only from their ‘talent pool’ was indirectly discriminatory because older workers were significantly under-represented in that Talent Pool. Mrs Ryan’s employer (South West Ambulance...
