Managing employees/workers
A model letter to inform an employee on shared parental leave of a development at work.
A model letter to request that an employee work during shared parental leave on a shared-parental-leave-in-touch (SPLIT) day.
A model letter to respond to an employee's request to work during shared parental leave on a shared-parental-leave-in-touch (SPLIT) day.
In Khan v Stripestar Ltd EAT/0022/15, the EAT held that an employment tribunal was entitled to find that a dismissal was fair despite a wholly defective and unfair initial disciplinary hearing, because the subsequent internal appeal cured the defects earlier in the process.
In McTigue v University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation Trust [2016] IRLR 742 EAT, the EAT held that, in order for a claimant to be a "worker" within the meaning of the extended "whistleblower" definition in s.43K of the Employment Rights Act 1996, all that is required is that the end user substantially determined the terms under which the claimant carried out his or her work. It is not necessary to show that the end user determined those terms to any greater or lesser degree than the agency, of whom the claimant might also be an employee or worker.
In this well-publicised case, easyJet's refusal to limit the shift lengths of two cabin crew who were breastfeeding led to awards for indirect sex discrimination totalling almost £35,000.
Practical guidance on dealing with an employee who has been summoned for jury service, including excusal and deferral applications; time off work; and pay and allowances.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to managing employees/workers.