Managing employees/workers
Updated with a new section within the letter to cover parental bereavement leave.
Updated with a new section within the letter to cover parental bereavement leave.
Nick Chronias discusses the right to suspend employees pending a disciplinary investigation, including the issues to consider before, during and after a suspension.
In Harrison v Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, the High Court granted an interim injunction to allow a suspended employee to return to the majority of her normal duties because there was no justification to restrict such duties.
Technology company Paddle talks to XpertHR about introducing unlimited paid annual leave and unrestricted flexible working for employees, how these radical policies work in practice and the positive impact they have had on the business.
In Hall v Weightmans LLP, an employment tribunal found that the employee's dismissal for excessive internet use discovered during a disciplinary investigation was fair and that the appeal procedure followed was "textbook".
In Dewhurst and others v Revisecatch Ltd t/a Ecourier and another, an employment tribunal controversially held that TUPE protection extends beyond employees to cover workers.
In Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti, the Supreme Court held that, where a dismissal for making protected disclosures is hidden behind an invented reason that is adopted by the decision-maker, the reason for the dismissal is the hidden reason rather than the invented one.
We look at how shift and night working operates in the police sector and some of the initiatives aimed at reducing the potential negative impact of such working patterns.
In Ibrahim v HCA International Ltd, the Court of Appeal reiterated the two-step test for an employment tribunal to follow when deciding if the claimant had a reasonable belief that the disclosures they were making were "in the public interest".
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