A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in March 2022 HR Updates Red alerts Living with Covid Amber alerts Fair dismissal for BMA employee for conduct in grievance process

It’s been a long pandemic. And GP practices are nowhere near out of it yet. Demands (and often tempers) are high, yet feelings of being valued across the sector are pretty low. All parts of the NHS system have been thanked in generic terms for so long that lines like ‘thank you for your efforts’,…

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in February 2022. HR Updates Red alerts UPDATE – Changes to right to work checks from 6th April 2022 Amber alerts Constructive unfair dismissal for nurse in breach of dress code and uniform policy ASDA worker with dementia wins disability and age discrimination case after employer…

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in January 2022 HR Updates Red alerts Three-day wait for SSP to return from 25th March 2022 National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates – 1st April 2022 Family-friendly benefits statutory rates – 3rd April 2022 Statutory Sick Pay rate – 6th April 2022 Amber…

With just two months until Covid vaccines become mandatory for NHS workers in England, the debate over the Government’s controversial new legislation, known as “vaccination as a condition of deployment” (VCOD), rages on. As things currently stand, in order for a person to have received two doses of the Covid vaccine by 31st March 2022,…

The next module in our HR Masterclass series has landed! Written by forum regular, and HR guru JacksonR, our HR Masterclass is designed to boost your knowledge of everyday HR issues and how to effectively manage them in the primary care world. Module 5 (Managing short-term sickness absence) guides you through all aspects of managing…

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in December 2021 HR Updates Red alerts Temporary change to self-certification and fit notes Green alerts Veterinary assistant unfairly dismissed for raising Covid-19 concerns Should employers provide a redundancy appeals process?