Employment Law

How Employers should manage a hot workplace environment

With summer temperatures soaring to the highest levels since 1976, employers should be thinking about how they should manage the workplace environment to keep their workers in the best conditions possible. The Legal Position The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations of 1992 say that an [...]

By |2018-08-08T11:32:13+01:00July 30th, 2018|

How Employers can tackle World Cup Fever

The 2018 World Cup in Moscow is now well under way. Businesses may have already been handling annual leave requests from the more astute football fans, but for the less organised followers of the sport, time’s up for holiday requests. With afternoon kick offs scheduled throughout [...]

By |2018-06-21T14:02:08+01:00June 18th, 2018|

The Government’s Good Work Plan

In February 2018 the Government announced a response to Matthew Taylor’s Review of Modern Working Practices which came out last year. The Business Secretary Matthew Taylor pledged to introduce what he called a “Good Work Plan” and follow through on some of the recommendations in the [...]

By |2018-05-11T09:27:55+01:00May 11th, 2018|

Pimlico Plumbers Appeal goes to the Supreme Court

One of the highest profile employment law cases of recent times went to the Supreme Court on 20 February 2018. Gary Smith worked for Pimlico between 2005 and 2011 as a “self-employed” plumber. He was required to wear a Pimlico uniform, lease a signwritten company van [...]

By |2018-05-08T10:19:36+01:00May 8th, 2018|

An Employer’s Knowledge of Disability

If you have employees with disabilities, you have a duty to make reasonable adjustments to allow them to do their job. So how do you decide whether they are disabled or not? While a tribunal may have to make the final decision, you need to be [...]

By |2018-12-12T15:58:45+00:00April 27th, 2018|

Covert Surveillance of Employees at Work

If you are considering installing CCTV cameras in your workplace, it is important to make sure that you follow the rules so you can’t be accused of violating the right to privacy. There has been a huge increase in the amount of recording in recent years [...]

By |2022-06-27T14:53:00+01:00April 20th, 2018|
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