The recent tribunal case of Fotheringhame v Barclays Services Ltd highlights the risk of an employee obtaining a re-engagement order following a successful unfair dismissal claim, even where there has been some contributory fault on the part of the employee. … Read more

A reference to an adjustment for disabled employees in an employer's own policy will be relevant in determining whether there is a duty to make that adjustment, notwithstanding that the policy may be expressed to be discretionary. In Linsley v… Read more

Final regulations were approved on 28th March increasing the penalty for aggravated breaches of employment rights from £5,000 to £20,000, with effect from 6 April 2019.  These regulations also provide for two other changes to come into force from 6… Read more

Employers may increasingly be considering positive action to improve their diversity or gender pay gap.  The caution needed when considering positive action is highlighted by a recent tribunal judgment, Furlong v Chief Constable of Cheshire Police, the first reported case… Read more

The deadline for the second year's gender pay gap reports has now passed, with roughly the same number of employers as last year's total meeting the deadline (and almost half of them doing so in the last week).  Just over… Read more

HMRC is consulting on the extension of IR35 reforms to the private sector from April 2020. As previously announced, the rules introduced in April 2017 in relation to off-payroll workers in the public sector will be rolled out to off-payroll… Read more

Mental Health First Aid England has published guidance for employers introducing mental health first aiders into the workplace. This highlights the importance of senior leadership engagement and makes recommendations on reviewing current working practices and support, creating clear documentation setting… Read more

Employers should ensure they agree in advance how and how often they will communicate with an employee while on maternity leave (or indeed other periods of longer family-related leave), particularly if the employee will be at risk of redundancy during… Read more