Post 1 October 2013 On 1 October 2013, section 69 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (ERRA 2013) came into force. For workplace accidents occurring from...
An employee intending to adopt a child under 18 may be eligible to take up to three different kinds of statutory leave: • ordinary and additional adoption leave •...
Convention rights The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) came into force in October 2000 and aims to give effect to the rights contained in the European Convention on Human...
STOP PRESS: On 23 June 2016, the UK held a referendum on its membership of the EU, with a majority voting in favour of the UK leaving the EU. The full impact of Brexit...
Having in place a well-thought-out and accessible structure on health and safety could help enable an organisation to ensure that it is managed effectively and...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines stress as ‘the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them’. Stress is not...
For full coverage of the substantive right to take shared parental leave, see Practice Notes: Shared parental leave (birth) and Shared parental leave...
Employees are protected against dismissal and from suffering a detriment for reasons related to ordinary adoption leave (OAL) and additional adoption leave (AAL)....
Employees are protected against dismissal and from suffering a detriment for reasons related to pregnancy, childbirth and maternity leave. Protection against detriment An...
General duties under statute Section 172(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (CA 2006) creates a general duty on a director to: ‘… act in the way he considers, in good faith,...
STOP PRESS: The Sentencing Council has published offence specific guidelines for courts sentencing offences previously covered by a Definitive Guideline. The offence...
UPDATE: On 18 September 2019 the Watford Employment Tribunal made a request to the ECJ for a preliminary ruling on various questions which challenge the existing...
This Practice Note considers the entitlement of workers to bring claims in respect of whistleblowing when they have suffered detriment and/or dismissal because of making...
A woman absent on maternity leave is in a unique position, which requires her to be afforded special protection, but which is not comparable with that of a man actually...
BREXIT IMPACT: The law as set out in this Practice Note will be affected by Brexit. Subject to the terms of a Withdrawal Agreement, the existing provisions relating to...
FCA and PRA rules on whistleblowing On 6 October 2015, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), alongside the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published policy...
