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The UK healthcare sector faces an unprecedented staffing crisis. From bustling NHS hospitals to community care homes, healthcare providers across the nation grapple with persistent recruitment challenges that threaten service delivery and patient care. However, the Health and Care Worker Visa presents a strategic solution that could transform your organisation’s approach to international recruitment. Understanding […]
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Post-Brexit may not seem like the best time to be contemplating a holiday, but it is summer time, so for the next few weeks we will be focussing on how best to work and enjoy the benefits of a holiday for the working environment. Starting with Holiday Pay. Most workers who work a 5-day week […]
While the full implications of Brexit are yet to be determined, there is one area of law which could be significantly affected, and that is Data Protection. In April this year, the EU adopted a new system called General Data Protection Regulation which will come into force in May 2018. Now that the UK has […]
So it’s actually happened – Britain has voted to leave the EU and many of us are still reeling from the shock. Understandably several of the 3 million EU citizens living in the UK are concerned and anxious what this means for them. The future is unclear. Experts in European and international law can’t even […]
Britain votes to leave the EU. David Cameron resigns and there is a lot of uncertainty. One of the uncertainties remain around Employment law, how will this decision affect rights of workers, will there be changes in employment law? My view is leaving the EU will not make any immediate difference as we have implemented […]
In February of this year Baroness Hamwee and Lord Paddick proposed an amendment to the 2015 Immigration Bill. They suggested that the Tier 1 Investor visa should be abolished. If implemented, this visa route will be closed both to new applicants and those switching their visas into this route from as early as 1 January 2017. Why […]
EU law has been incorporated into UK law in a number of ways. Some of these UK laws (such as TUPE) are secondary legislation whereas some are primary legislation (such as EqA 2010). I consider that the government is likely to keep the majority of EU employment law but with minor modifications. This, however could […]
As an employer, you are bound to encounter a variety of workplace problems over time. Working with people is never easy, especially when you are the one in charge. With great power comes great responsibility, as a famous superhero once said. Thankfully, here at Davenport Solicitors, we have worked with scores of employers over the […]
In the case of Ramphal v Department for Transport UKEAT/0352/14, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) considered whether a disciplinary investigation that had been heavily influenced by HR resulted in an employee’s subsequent dismissal being rendered unfair. The EAT allowed an appeal against the decision of an employment judge that an employee had been fairly dismissed in […]
Constructive unfair dismissal and actual unfair dismissal are often confused and misinterpreted. Whether an employee has been constructively unfairly dismissed or unfairly dismissed very much depends on whether they have resigned as a result of a fundamental breach of the employment contract or whether the employee’s employment contract has been terminated by their employer. Unfair dismissal […]
The office party can be an employment law minefield. Problems range from employees drinking too much to instances of misconduct and harassment. And the consequences can be far more serious than just a sore head and a few embarrassing pictures. The most likely claim to arise as a result of a Christmas party is, sadly, […]
