We have an employee who has unfortunately been off sick for a long time. He has exhausted their entitlement to sick pay, and we have received a medical report which confirms he will not be

This could include, for example, changes to salary, working hours, annual leave entitlement or the length of notice required by each party to terminate the contract. Whilst such changes may not be desirable, there may

So for example, if you have 5 employees doing the same role and you need to reduce the numbers to 3, if one of the employees is on family-friendly leave at the time of the

As it turns out, not as much as one employer thought! There are specific regulations covering the rules around taking statutory parental leave, and there is also a separate statutory right to claim automatic unfair

Draft regulations have recently been published which will give greater flexibility to employees who are taking paternity leave. The Paternity Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2024 will come into force on 8 March 2024. The changes will

Employees have the right to resign and claim constructive dismissal where they believe their employer has behaved in a way which amounts to a fundamental breach of contract. The breach by the employer could either

Earlier this month the Employment Tribunal decided a claim a case brought against the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that arose following the FCA’s rejection of a flexible working application. The employee, a manager of a

It was reported recently that Amazon faced a fine of €32 million for “excessively monitoring” staff at one of its French warehouse operations. Amazon has said that it intends to appeal against the fine, but

I am sure that many of you will remember the saga of Employment Tribunal fees – after first being introduced in 2013, they lasted until 2017 when the Supreme Court ruled that they prevented access

Even if you have a technical skill or vision that could form the basis of a successful business, the whole ’how to run a business’ side of things can seem quite daunting. Not surprisingly, therefore,