Stress is a health and safety issue at work and employees who are stressed are at risk of stress-related illness and/ or injury. In previous blogs we’ve identified that practice managers have a stressful job However, despite this it’s also usually practice managers role to help others deal with stress in the practice. Stress is…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates and related stories.   TAKE CARE WHEN HANDLING REQUESTS FOR PARENTAL LEAVE EMPLOYEE ABSENTEEISM Practice managers will already be aware that handling employee absenteeism and requests for parental leave requires the utmost care and the recent case of Van Heeswyk v One Call Insurance Services…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates and related stories.   IS TRAVELLING TIME WORKING TIME? The European working time directive, as incorporated in UK law, lays down the guidelines, including maximum working week and breaks, for employees. As practice managers will be aware, normally employees should work at most a 48…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates and related stories.   DISCRIMINATION – EMPLOYERS MUST MAKE REASONABLE ADJUSTMENT FOR A DISABLED EMPLOYEE Section 15 of the Equality Act 2010 means that where an employer knows, or could reasonably be expected to know, that the employee has a disability, the employer can not…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates and related stories.   GP PRACTICES ARE FORCED TO CLOSE It is clear that the role of practice manager is crucial in ensuring that practices are run effectively but there may be very difficult times ahead for all practice managers. As lawyers experienced with legal…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates. SURGERY OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK? TAKE CARE TO AVOID DISCRIMINATION In the light of proposed changes in practice opening times schemes like the Bury Easy GP Project ,which sees surgeries open 7 days a week, means that it will fall to practices to…

A round up of the latest HR and Employment Law updates. DBS AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS – TIME TO REVIEW POLICIES Revised government guidance will mean that “great caution” must be exercised by police forces when disclosing detention under the Mental Health Act, even where an enhanced DBS certificate has been applied for. This is…