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Reducing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the workplace: a practical guide for employers

Reducing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the workplace: a practical guide for employers

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Reducing the risk of COVID-19 spreading in the workplace: a practical guide for employers

When military security activities are outside of the scope of the Working Time Directive (BK v Republika Slovenija (Ministrstvo za obrambo))

When military security activities are outside of the scope of the Working Time Directive (BK v Republika Slovenija (Ministrstvo za obrambo))

The following Employment news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on When military security activities are outside of the scope of the Working Time Directive (BK v Republika Slovenija (Ministrstvo za obrambo))

Employment weekly highlights—22 July 2021

Employment weekly highlights—22 July 2021

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Face coverings remain mandatory in employment tribunals in England and Wales

Face coverings remain mandatory in employment tribunals in England and Wales

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Indirect discrimination

Indirect discrimination

Indirect discriminationThis Practice Note considers unlawful indirect discrimination under Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010).There is a clear difference...

Direct discrimination

Direct discrimination

Direct discriminationIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...

Guarantee payments

Guarantee payments

Guarantee paymentsThis Practice Note explains the right to a guarantee payment, which provides limited pay protection for certain employees who are...

Contractual redundancy payments

Contractual redundancy payments

Contractual redundancy paymentsAn employee is entitled to a statutory redundancy payment when:•he has been continuously employed for not less than two...

Practice notes

Protective awards

Protective awardsThis Practice Note examines claims for protective awards following an employer’s failure to carry out collective redundancy...
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19th May
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Practice notes

The term of trust and confidence

The term of trust and confidenceEvery contract of employment is treated as containing an imposed term of trust and confidence. This requires employers...
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19th May
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Precedents

Letter—TUPE (3) letter from transferee to transferor to inform of proposed measures

[To be typed on headed notepaper of transferee][Strictly private and confidential][Address][Date]Dear [enter name(s) of relevant individual(s) at the...
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19th May
Precedents

Letter—from employer placing employee on garden leave

[To be typed on employer’s headed notepaper][Enter name and address of employee][Enter date]by handDear [enter name]Garden leaveI refer to [[enter...
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19th May
Practice notes

Interim relief in unfair dismissal

Interim relief in unfair dismissalCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the...
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19th May
Practice notes

The early conciliation requirement

The early conciliation requirementCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Definition of redundancy

Definition of redundancyIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...
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19th May
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Practice notes

Office-holders

Office-holdersIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following...
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19th May
Practice notes

Sunday working

Sunday workingFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Certain aspects of the protections afforded under the ERA 1996 to shop and betting workers are to be strengthened by...
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19th May
Q&As

Where an employee works compressed hours, ie the same number of hours as a ‘normal’ full-time employee over fewer days, how should the employer calculate holiday entitlement, and how should the employer treat bank holidays if they fall on a day when the ‘compressed hours’ employee does not usually work?

Where an employee works compressed hours, ie the same number of hours as a ‘normal’ full-time employee over fewer days, how should the employer...
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19th May
Practice notes

Dealing with stress and mental ill health in the workplace

Dealing with stress and mental ill health in the workplaceThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines stress as ‘the adverse reaction people have to...
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19th May
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Precedents

Draft outline script for disciplinary hearing (misconduct)

1Introductions of those present if necessary. Confirm who is taking notes and that copies of the meeting notes will be made available to the...
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19th May
Practice notes

Applicable law—which system of law applies to the contract or employment relationship

Applicable law—which system of law applies to the contract or employment relationshipThis Practice Note examines how to determine which system of law...
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Produced in partnership with Edward Kemp of Littleton Chambers 19th May
Precedents

ET3 grounds of resistance—unfair dismissal: protected disclosure

1Paragraph 1 of the Grounds of Claim is admitted.2As to paragraph 2 of the Grounds of Claim, it is denied that the Claimant’s colleagues were...
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19th May
Practice notes

Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claims

Calculating pension loss in employment tribunal claimsPension loss will generally only arise in cases where an individual has lost their job and the...
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Produced in partnership with Keith Bryant QC of Outer Temple Chambers. 19th May
Precedents

Application—postponement or adjournment of hearing

[Insert date][Insert] Employment Tribunal[insert address]To the [insert] Employment Tribunal[Insert case name]Case No: [Insert case number]...
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19th May

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Q&As

Should an employer allow an employee who is 28 weeks’ pregnant to attend the workplace during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?

Should an employer allow an employee who is 28 weeks’ pregnant to attend the workplace during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic?An employer must...
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26th Jul
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Practice notes

Health and safety—protection from detriment and dismissal

Health and safety—protection from detriment and dismissalIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit...
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23rd Jul
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—issues for employers

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—issues for employersSTOP PRESS (22/7/21): Provisions have been made to (1) amend the Health Protection (Coronavirus,...
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23rd Jul
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—managing the workplace to 18 July 2021 [Archived]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—managing the workplace to 18 July 2021 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background...
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23rd Jul
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Risk assessments, suspension or removal from work relating to maternity

Risk assessments, suspension or removal from work relating to maternityCoronavirus (COVID-19): Issues relating to risk assessments, suspension and...
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23rd Jul
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Precedents

Policy—health and safety

Policy—health and safetyIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into...
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23rd Jul
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Policy—health and safety (short form)

Policy—health and safety (short form)IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
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23rd Jul
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Practice notes

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—safe working in an office environment before 19 July 2021 [Archived]

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—safe working in an office environment before 19 July 2021 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not...
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Produced in partnership with Melanie O'Brien of DG Legal 23rd Jul
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Precedents

Health and safety risk assessment

Health and safety risk assessmentPlease click for an Excel version of this risk assessment.Date[Insert date]1Introduction1.1This risk assessment...
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Produced in partnership with DG Legal 21st Jul
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Practice notes

Formulating a health and safety plan

Formulating a health and safety planHaving in place a well thought-out and accessible structure on health and safety could help enable an organisation...
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Produced in partnership with Melanie O'Brien of DG Legal 21st Jul
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Practice notes

Conducting a health and safety risk assessment

Conducting a health and safety risk assessmentHaving in place a well-thought-out and accessible structure on health and safety could help enable an...
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Produced in partnership with Melanie O'Brien of DG Legal 21st Jul
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Practice notes

Improvement and Prohibition Notices under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974

Improvement and Prohibition Notices under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974Enforcement of Part I of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act...
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Produced in partnership with James Purnell, Abigail Cohen and Lia Moses of Henderson Chambers 21st Jul
Practice notes

Working time—goods and passenger vehicle drivers

Working time—goods and passenger vehicle driversCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note is updated to take account of the temporary relaxation of...
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16th Jul
Practice notes

Dealing with stress and mental ill health in the workplace

Dealing with stress and mental ill health in the workplaceThe Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines stress as ‘the adverse reaction people have to...
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30th Jun
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Practice notes

Interim relief in unfair dismissal

Interim relief in unfair dismissalCoronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland during the...
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28th Jun
Q&As

In relation to a pregnant agency worker with less than the 12 weeks’ qualifying period, do the obligations and safeguards in relation to risk assessments, altering working conditions or hours of work, and offering suitable alternative work under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (MHSW Regs 1999), SI 1999/3242 apply, or is it only the general health and safety duties under MHSW Regs 1999, regs 3(1) and 16(1) that apply? If the pregnant agency worker’s assignment is terminated because she is pregnant, is her only recourse to argue that this amounts to discrimination under section 18 of the Equality Act 2010?

In relation to a pregnant agency worker with less than the 12 weeks’ qualifying period, do the obligations and safeguards in relation to risk...
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25th Jun
Practice notes

Whistleblowing—protected disclosures

Whistleblowing—protected disclosuresUPDATE: On 21 July 2019, following its consultation on ‘Confidentiality clauses: measures to prevent misuse in...
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9th Jun
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Precedents

Policy and procedure—stress and mental health

Policy and procedure—stress and mental health1Purpose and scope1.1The Company is committed to protecting the health, safety and welfare of its...
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8th Jun
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Q&As

In a claim for being subjected to a detriment, is it possible to recover legal costs as part of the compensation awarded under section 49 of the Employment Rights Act 1996?

In a claim for being subjected to a detriment, is it possible to recover legal costs as part of the compensation awarded under section 49 of the...
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6th Jun
Q&As

Where, in order to mitigate the risk to the health and safety of a pregnant employee (or her baby), the employer alters the employee’s working hours, should the employee still be paid her full pay?

Where, in order to mitigate the risk to the health and safety of a pregnant employee (or her baby), the employer alters the employee’s working hours,...
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6th Jun

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Contract variation

Contract variation

Contract variationThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the variation of contracts and deeds. It explains how a contract or deed can be varied in writing, orally or by conduct, and also considers unilateral variation, waiver and sustained minor breach. It sets out

Medco

Medco

MedcoSTOP PRESS: A new RTA small claims protocol for whiplash claims comes into effect for accidents occurring on or after 31 May 2021. The small claims track limit for personal injury claims arising from an RTA is increased to £5000 in respect of general damages for pain, suffering and loss of

Interim injunctions—the American Cyanamid guidelines

Interim injunctions—the American Cyanamid guidelines

Interim injunctions—the American Cyanamid guidelinesThis Practice Note is concerned with substantive interim injunctions, which are a particular species of injunction granted on a temporary basis ahead of trial. As set out below, there are different considerations depending on whether the interim

Dawn raid—who can raid my organisation and why?

Dawn raid—who can raid my organisation and why?

Dawn raid—who can raid my organisation and why?IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. At this point in time (referred to in UK law as ‘IP completion day’), key transitional