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Consultation Response: Draft Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement
On 24 January 2023, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy published its Draft Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Reasonable Adjustments Guidance
ACAS have launched new guidance on reasonable adjustments for mental health at work with the aim of providing support and practical steps for both employers and employees.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Do the words “I’m done” amount to a resignation?
In Cope v Razzle Dazzle Costumes Ltd the ET held that an employee who handed in her keys and said "I'm done" with a hand gesture did not resign.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Gender Pay Gap
Last week was the deadline for organisations to submit their 2022/2023 Gender Pay Gap data. The UK’s latest data is being reported as showing the average gender pay gap at the same level as five years ago.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Returnership Programme
Following the announcement of the new Returnership Programme in the Spring 2023 Budget which is targeted at over 50s, the Government has now published employer guidance on how they can help individuals return to work.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Disability Discrimination
In McQueen v General Optical Council the EAT considered whether an employee’s inappropriate conduct in the workplace was something arising from his disability and therefore protected under Equality Legislation.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Statutory Rates
As the start of a new tax year approaches there will be an increase to the statutory rates payable for certain employment rights that will apply from April 2023. We have detailed these in this week’s blog below.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Controversial posts on social media
In the last week headlines have been dominated by Gary Lineker, having been suspended by the BBC due to a comment he made on his personal social media account about the Government’s asylum policy.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Dealing with employee grievances
In Autumn 2022 XpertHR carried out a survey of 158 UK organisations and their employees. The results showed that almost a third of organisations surveyed had seen a rise in employee grievances over the past two years, with the top three reasons being bullying or harassment at 67 per cent, relationships with managers at 54 per cent and relationships with colleagues at 49 per cent.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Effective dismissal letters
In Meaker v Cyxtera Technology UK Ltd the EAT held that a ‘without prejudice’ letter to an employee was an effective dismissal letter despite it stating that the termination of employment was by mutual agreement, which was not the case, and enclosing a draft settlement agreement with an associated offer of an ex-gratia payment.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Striking out claims for non-cooperation of a claimant
In the case of Smith v Tesco Stores the Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a decision to strike out a claim where the claimant, who was a litigant in person, acted in a manner that was considered vexatious.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Indirect sex discrimination
A new working pattern can be found to be a Provision, Criterion or Practice (PCP) that has been ‘applied’ for the purposes of an indirect discrimination claim, even where an employee has not actually had to work under this arrangement.