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A recent change in UK employment law has brought important updates about how employers must handle sexual harassment at work. Let’s break down what this means for you as an employer. What is the Preventative Duty? As an employer, you now have a clear legal duty to take steps to prevent sexual harassment in your […]
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Turkish business people have been coming to the UK and setting up businesses for a number of years and taking advantage of the “Ankara Agreement.” However, the Home Office has announced that they will no longer accept applications for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) under the Turkish European Communities Association Agreement (ECAA) Business Persons category, […]
The Employment Appeal Tribunal in a case called Mirab v Mentor Graphics (UK) Limited held that an employee does not specifically have to raise “bumping” before an employer needs to consider it. The decision not to consider “bumping” must be viewed through the “range of reasonable responses” test. What is bumping? Bumping is the process of moving […]
I’m sure many businesses have received calls from employees saying they can’t come in to work because of travel disruptions or school closures but what can you, as a business, legally do. It is so important to have an internal policy setting out what is expected from all staff. This way your senior staff know […]
Passport costs are proposed to increase on 27th March 2018. Online applications, which are available to all UK-based applicants, will increase from £72.50 to £75.50 for adults and £49 for children. Postal applications will increase by £12.50 to £85 for adults and £58.50 for children. The proposals, which are subject to Parliamentary approval, would mean […]
What is the Taylor Review? The Government has published a review into working practices in the modern economy. The review, led by Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society of the Arts, has made various recommendations. This month, the Government responded to the Taylor Review. The full report can be found at: https://goo.gl/KypbYB Four […]
As an employer, you will need to apply for a sponsor licence to sponsor a non-EEA migrant under the Tier 2 (General) route. Once you are granted a sponsor licence you will be able to issue Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) to non-EEA migrants through the Sponsorship Management System (SMS). The sponsor is normally the employer […]
The notice period that an employer must give to an employee should be stated in the employment contract. As an employer, you must ensure, that as a minimum, the following notice periods are provided to your employees: One week’s notice to an employee who has been continuously employed for one month or more but less […]
An Employment Tribunal has ruled that the drivers who provide service to Uber are “workers” within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996. What does this mean? This means that as workers they would be entitled to certain employment rights such as: Being paid the national minimum wage A 48 hours average working week […]
In the case of Otero Ramos v Servicio Galego de Saude, the Claimant was a nurse who worked in a hospital’s accident and emergency unit. She claimed sex discrimination because her employer’s risk assessment for her, as a breastfeeding worker, stated that her work was ‘risk-free’, so her request for an adjustment in her working […]
All UK businesses are obliged to comply with UK immigration law and this is vital for running their business. An employer’s ability to recruit the main personnel can be imperative to its continued success. Those who deal with recruitment within an organisation need to have a good knowledge of immigration law to assess whether permission […]
