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 | 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...
by Magara Law | Oct 13, 2024 | Employment Contracts, HR Advice
Employers may wish to change existing employees’ terms and conditions of employment in a number of ways. One of the more pressing reasons is to encourage employees to take the vaccine. Employers need to be aware that vaccination against COVID-19 may not be...
by Magara Law | Oct 12, 2024 | Employment Contracts, HR Advice, National Minimum Wage
Are sleep-in workers entitled to national minimum wage for the entirety of their shift? The Supreme Court has provided the final, definitive answer in Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake and another case. It held that care workers who were required to sleep at, or...
by Magara Law | Oct 10, 2024 | Employment Law Updates, HR Advice, Unfair Dismissal
he furlough scheme ends in September and many employers will be planning how to keep their businesses profitable. Workers fear they will lose their jobs, and women are likely to feature disproportionately in the redundancy statistics. And there’s also the...
