Employment Law Solicitors Leicester, Market Harborough And Uk Articles
Research has shown that bosses and line managers who encourage their staff to continually go above and beyond their contractual duties at work could actually be having a detrimental effect on their health.
Recently there has been a story in the news about a 27 year old woman who began a temping job at a prestigious London firm. The lady arrived on her first day wearing flat shoes as she knew that part of her job would require her to be on her feet for most of the day...
The Citizens Advice Bureau have recently reported a 25% increase of queries from women who are experiencing discrimination in the work place because they are pregnant or since they have returned to work after their maternity leave...
A Yorkshire based nurse took her local ambulance service, who are part of the NHS Trust, to an Employment Tribunal after she received a conditional offer of employment which was withdrawn once they received her reference and an Occupational Therapy report.
This year sees the start of Ramadan’s religious observance on for 30 days from 6th June. Ramadan it is a dedicated time in the Muslim calendar to focus on spirituality during which they cannot consume food between the sun rising and falling each day...
A Leicester based company have sacked a member of their staff who was a whistle-blower. He wanted to expose their ill treatment of staff and the tactics they had developed to avoid paying the national living wage...
Retail giant Sport Direct has been accused by MP’s of treating their staff like “commodities rather than human beings” further to a report carried out by the Business, Innovation and Skills committee...
We have moved! The paint is dry, the boxes have been unpacked and the system has been successfully set up in our new open plan head office on Dominus Way...
Most people will have seen the Deliveroo vehicles around and about recently. They are a symbol of the modern economy in that they allow for a fast and flexible way of providing food to customers. This flexibility has not however been reflected in notable warranties and indemnities that have been placed into the contracts of Deliveroo workers...
MP’s have reacted to the dramatic increase in the discrimination that pregnant women and new mothers face in the work place...
In recent months a number of employers have been accused of not paying staff minimum wage include Deliveroo, Uber, Hermes and Sports Direct. Nearly all the staff of the first three businesses are classed as ‘self employed workers’...
Heavyweight UK supermarket Asda have had to respond to more than 9,500 of their female staff who have complained that they are paid between £1 and £3 less per hour than their male counterparts who work in the company warehouses and distribution facilities...
A London employment tribunal has ruled that drivers for the ride-hailing app will be entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks and the national minimum wage, dealing a major blow to Uber...
Returning to work after being diagnosed with cancer might be a daunting experience but you should be able to rely on support from your employer and colleagues, yet research from the charity Macmillan shows almost one-fifth of people diagnosed with cancer face work place discrimination...
Why is it that when performance is mentioned in a business environment, people become panicked and worried? Has the word performance management been negatively associated with business development and regularly misused...
Contractual documentation has revealed temporary ASOS warehouse staff receiving lesser wages for three months than regulations allow. The policy could potentially mean that the retailer has avoided paying out thousands of pounds to its temporary staff....
This week is national diabetes week at the theme this year is ‘Know Diabetes, Fight Diabetes’.
A 24 year old man died at a party hosted by his employer at his home in 2015. The mans widow is now seeking £1 million in compensation for her loss and for the wages her husband would have earned during his lifetime.
From 1st January 2017 negotiations began to determine the rights of French employees to ignore their work phones after the working day. The advent of smartphones mean that staff always have access to their work which in turn makes it harder for them to completely switch off when they are at home.
Generally speaking, bosses do not have a problem with their staff being in relationships – providing their status bares no affect on them carrying out their work.
With Social Media ever growing, do we know how much of what we publish or have published in the past could be viewed by current employers and prospective employers.
When the Government decided to change the judicial pension scheme in April 2015, they allowed for a transitional provision which saw judges aged 58 or over, protected from the changes.
According to the charity Arthritis Research UK, around 600,000 people with arthritis are missing out on the opportunity to work.
Compassionate leave is there to help staff cope with the death of a close relative, deal with arrangements and attend their funeral. It can also be allowed where a close relative is seriously or critically ill.
As from 1st March 2017, the penalty for being caught using your mobile phone whilst you are behind the wheel has doubled. You will now receive a £200 fine and six points on your driving licence.
Many an employee, on a Friday in particular head to a public house where a drink or two maybe consumed over lunch. Recently insurance service provider, Lloyd’s of London, have issued a new policy to staff which prevents them from drinking alcohol at any time between 9am – 5pm on a Monday to Friday.
An NHS associate director was advised in 2011 that her role was at risk of redundancy. She was due to go away on a family holiday that same month so she immediately requested that no decision was made until she returned...
More than 115,000 UK employees of fast-food chain McDonald’s, are being offered fixed hour contracts rather than zero hour contacts, in a move they say is a way to show their investment to their staff.
The expectation that men are the breadwinners whilst women stay at home to tend to the children is an old fashioned view which is out of date. A more modern attitude to parenting is sharing the responsibilities where possible which increasingly sees more men staying at home with the children or working part-time and the mothers returning to work full time.
An employment appeal tribunal has concluded that a trainee solicitor with Asperger’s was unfairly disadvantaged after she was required to complete a multiple- choice psychometric test as part of the recruitment process.
The general election on 8th June 2017 will inevitably result in a change to the political landscape. Now that the major parties have set out their plans for government, it’s worth looking at what they’re offering.
