Publication Category: Employment Blog

This year has seen increased living costs leading to an un-precedented number of strikes across different sectors and this is set to continue in the run-up Christmas.

Regulations have been made to extend the ban on adding exclusivity clauses in employment contracts to low-income workers who earn no more than the lower earnings limit.

This week is anti-bullying week. This is an annual event organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance to raise awareness of bullying and highlight ways of preventing it. Each year anti-bullying week has a theme; this year it is Reach Out. Reach Out aims to encourage people to do something positive to counter the harm and hurt that bullying causes.

The Government announced on 21 October 2022 that it was backing the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Bill.

Under the terms of a settlement agreement, employees typically accept a payment in return for their employment coming to an end and in settlement of certain legal claims they may have against their employer. 

Kamahl Santamaria, a longstanding television journalist, was recently removed from a new broadcasting role after just 32 days amid accusations of sexual harassment.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) has held that a tribunal erred in finding the redundancy dismissal of a nurse fair.

As part of its plan to deregulate and reduce the burden on businesses, the Government announced on 23 September 2022 that the IR35 off-payroll working rules will be repealed from 06 April 2023.

In the recent decision of University of Dundee v Chakraborty, the EAT held that legal privilege does not apply retrospectively to protect an original version of an investigation report that was subsequently amended upon legal advice.

Acas has published new guidance on staff suspensions, specifically in the context of disciplinary or grievance investigations.