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Hilton Foods Solutions Ltd v Wright – Parental leave: Detriment for seeking to take | Consensus HR | Herts, Beds
To be protected against suffering a detriment for seeking to take parental leave, an employee does not formally have to apply to take the leave. Note for employers: This provides useful clarity on a particular point of law, and with family related rights under the spotlight as new entitlements are given and existing ones are […]
March 2024 Employment Law Newsletter | Consensus HR – Herts, Beds
Welcome to our latest employment law newsletter. In this newsletter, we are focusing exclusively on the changes that will come into force in April 2024.
Sick people leave workforce at record highs | Consensus HR | Herts, Beds
The number of people in the UK leaving the workforce due to long term sickness has hit the highest level on record, according to Resolution Foundation analysis. The number of adults who are economically inactive due to ill-health climbed from 2.1m in July 2019 to 2.8m in October 2023, marking the “longest sustained rise” […]
Construction firm fined after worker dies from fall | Consensus HR – | Herts, Beds
A construction company in Kent has been fined after a sub-contractor fell and died from his injuries.Mark Tolley, 51, fell nearly two metres through an opening in a scaffold on 5 July 2017 while working on the construction of six houses on Smarden Road in Headcorn, Kent.He sustained several broken ribs and serious internal injuries […]
UK falls down the rankings in Women in Work Index | Consensus HR | Herts, Beds
The UK has slipped four places — from 13th to 17th, the largest annual fall in rankings experienced by any Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country this year — in the annual Women in Work Index compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The Index, which assesses progress made towards achieving gender equality at work across […]
Employers can share staff data in a mental health emergency | Consensus HR | Herts, Beds
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance intended to give employers more certainty about sharing their workers’ personal details in the event of a mental health emergency.The new guidance, which can be found on the ICO website, confirms that data protection law allows organisations to share personal information in an urgent or emergency situation, including […]
Salary inflation at the slowest recorded rate in nearly three years | Consensus HR | Herts, Beds
While February 2024 saw further increases in rates of starting pay for both permanent and temporary workers, as employers reacted to competition for highly-skilled candidates, the rate of salary inflation was the slowest recorded since 2021.This is one of the key findings in the latest Report on Jobs published by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and […]
Workplace mental health service firm faces investigation | Consensus HR | Herts, Beds
Claims about one of the UK’s biggest providers of workplace mental health services are to be investigated by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), it has said. BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 programmes has heard allegations that calls from vulnerable people to Health Assured were not always handled properly. Health Assured refutes […]
Gormley v City of York Council – Unfair dismissal: Reasonable investigation | Consensus HR – Herts, Beds
Summary: Investigations into alleged gross misconduct should be conducted reasonably. Reasonableness includes not accepting vague or generic allegations and questioning further to get the specifics of the situation. Note for employers: This case serves as a reminder for employers of the importance of a fair and thorough investigation prior to disciplinary. It is not enough […]
Spring budget 2024: Chancellor encourages more people into work | Consensus HR – Herts, Beds
A plan to make work pay, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said as he recommended his latest Budget statement to the House of Commons. He announced very little that had not already been trailed in advance but provided more details of the measures that had been widely discussed in this week’s newspapers and news programmes.ChildcareThe chancellor announced […]
Ayche v The Hop Box Ltd – Disability discrimination: Reasonable adjustment | Consensus HR – Herts, Beds
Summary: It is an employer’s duty to make a reasonable adjustment to alleviate a disadvantage placed on a disabled worker by a provision, criterion or practice because of their disability. An employer cannot rely on a worker’s own actions as sufficient to fulfil this duty. Full details of the case can be found by Clicking […]
Poor mental health keeping more young people out of work | Consensus HR – Herts, Beds
A third (34%) of young people aged 18–24 have reported symptoms that indicate they were experiencing a common mental health disorder such as depression, anxiety or bipolar disorder — a big increase since 2000 when just 24% reported these problems.This is one of the key findings of a report by an independent think tank, the […]
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