The prime minister has announced the “Living with Covid” plan, which provides that from 24th February 2022 people with Covid will no longer be legally required to self-isolate. Workers will no longer be required to tell their employer if they…
In the first reported decision, an Employment Tribunal has held that the dismissal of a care assistant for refusing to be vaccinated against Covid-19 was fair. Background The Claimant, A was employed as a care assistant in a nursing home providing residential…
A number of large employers, Ikea, Ocado and Next have reduced sick pay for employees who are unvaccinated. Those who are unvaccinated and need to self-isolate because of Covid-19 will now receive Statutory Sick Pay only, which is currently £96.35 a…
NHSE England published phase 2 guidance on 14 January 2022. This will assist employers to comply with the legislation making it mandatory for healthcare workers to be vaccinated as a condition of deployment (VCOD). As a reminder the key dates…
As we approach the end of the year, here are highlights of the key cases in employment law in 2021. Redundancy Can the failure to offer an appeal in redundancy dismissal amount to unfair dismissal? This is a key issue faced by…
Employers are required to obtain medical evidence, which can be in the form of a fit note from a GP, after the first seven days of an employee’s sickness absence. On 17 December 2021, regulations were implemented which provide that employees…
The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) have been approved. The Regulations were made on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021. The Regulations make it mandatory for a…
The employment tribunal judgment in the case of Kane v Debmat Surfacing Limited attracted a lot of media attention last week. Headlines included “Visiting pub while off work sick is not sackable offence, judge rules” (The Metro) and “Man sacked…
The practice of ‘firing and re-hiring employees’ has been scrutinised recently. The General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress has said that the process has “no place in modern Britain and must be outlawed”, in light of employers, such as…
In the recent case of All Answers Ltd v W and Another, the Court of Appeal provided clarity on when the disability status of Claimants should be assessed. It held that the long-term effect of an impairment must be considered…
