A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in November 2021 HR Updates Amber alerts Does the National Minimum Wage apply during induction training? Proposals to change flexible working law Green alerts Mother dismissed while on maternity leave awarded £50k H&S Updates Amber alerts Managing home workers’ health and safety

There’s something lovely about seeing order and neatness in paperwork. Knowing you have a template for everything, and no one-off surprises in individual documents, helps to increase our feelings of control and confidence in most management situations. Employment contracts are no exception to this. It seems instinctively easier to imagine every employee on exactly the…

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in October 2021 HR Updates Red alerts UPDATE – Further extension for adjusted remote right to work checks Amber alerts Part-time workers and breaks Flexible working request: £185,000 award for sex discrimination

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in September 2021 HR Updates Amber alerts Harassment: Ineffective training not acceptable under “reasonable steps” defence  

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in August 2021 HR Updates Red alerts Update: Right to work in the UK Amber alerts Unfair dismissal for council worker who used racial slur during training Landmark case: Nurse who was unable to work weekends dismissed Employee who went drinking at a social club whilst…

A summary of the HR and H&S updates issued in July 2021 HR Updates Amber alerts Woman with breast cancer wins claim for harassment related to disability

According to the Office for National Statistics*, over one million people have reported experiencing long COVID – i.e., symptoms caused by COVID-19 infection which can last for weeks or months. The NHS lists common symptoms as extreme tiredness, shortness of breath, problems with memory and concentration, difficulty sleeping, and depression and anxiety, to name but…