Rule changes Rules that address non-compliance with IR35, introduced in 2017 to the public sector, are being extended to workers providing services to medium and large private employers with effect from 6 April 2020. IR35 IR35 legislation was brought in nearly 20 years ago to tackle tax avoidance. The issue of concern was that many Read More …
A recent case (Hancock v Ter-Berg and anor) has been reported and it reminds us of the right of claimants, in certain circumstances, to claim interim relief. If you think of a full tribunal hearing as a test match then interim relief is more twenty20. It is fast and a bit scary. A tribunal can Read More …
The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, a UK trade union that represents 5,000 workers (1,000 of whom are EU citizens), has filed judicial review proceedings in the High Court to force the prime minister to abide by the Benn Act. The Benn Act provides that if MPs haven’t approved a deal in a meaningful Read More …
Sexual harassment: shoulder massage anyone? (Raj v Capita Business Services Limited) A female manager massaged the shoulders of a male colleague whilst he was sitting at his desk in an open-plan office.It did not amount to sexual harassment. There was no evidence that the conduct was related to sex and, although the conduct was unwanted, Read More …
Lloyd’s senior people are not taking responsibility and turning a blind eye to bad behaviour. Lloyds has been described as “the most archaic corner left in global finance”. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/lloyds-of-london-sexual-harassment-claims-workplace-culture-ceo-john-neal-qbe-insurance-city-of-a9118186.html Sex discrimination is an issue that has always existed but it’s coming to the surface and employers ignore it at their peril. The Government is consulting Read More …
Discrimination and harassment. Are you aware of the stats? 80% of employees around the world have observed or experienced discrimination 62% of women who work in male-dominated industries reported that sexual harassment is a problem in their industry, compared to 46% of women working in female-dominated industries. 69% increase in sex discrimination claims from last Read More …
PHOENIX HOUSE LIMITED v MRS TATIANA STOCKMAN There has recently been some very useful judicial guidance in respect of the covert recording of meetings by employees. DHJ Legal is now recommending that its clients add ‘covert recording at work by employees, to include but not limited to formal meetings’ as an example of gross misconduct Read More …
The Government will set out new plans to protect employees across the UK from sexual harassment. Amongst other measures, it plans to enshrine protection of employees from third party harassment into the Equality Act. It follows recent scandals like that which emerged following the men-only fundraising dinner in London for the Presidents Club charity after Read More …
A recently published ACAS report has examined who will win and who will lose as technology continues to impact on the world of work. It is a fascinating read. It is inevitable that, whilst new jobs will be created in tech hubs in cities like London, a worrying trend of job loss announcements will follow. Read More …
A new study by the Low Pay Commission found that 439,000 people in the UK were paid less than the legal minimum in April 2018 – up 30,000 on the year before. According to the report, women are more likely than men to be paid less than the minimum wage rate, as well as the Read More …
