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D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: What to do when threatened with industrial action
Londoners returning to work after the long jubilee weekend were disrupted by tube strikes this week and further travel disruption is expected over the summer with both national rail and airline staff threatening industrial action.  Industrial action often stems from disputes over pay and/or job security, issues which are likely to be heightened as households begin to feel the pinch of the cost of living crisis. This article considers steps that an employer can take should it find itself in a position of industrial action being threatened.   
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: What to consider when allowing employees to work in public places
Tesco announced last week that they are trialling in-store office space providing desks, co-working areas and meeting rooms in an aim to allow workers access to local working spaces rather than having to commute to city centre offices. This novel scheme is in response to research conducted by Tesco, which found that 72% of workers prefer flexible working.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Long COVID – a disability under the Equality Act 2010?
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported that 1.8 million people in the UK are suffering the effects of long COVID. Last year, we published an article following ACAS guidance on long COVID and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has recently released a statement suggesting that long COVID may amount to a disability.
LGPS Deferred Debt Agreements – Five key points to consider
In September 2020, amendments were made to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Regulations 2013 which enabled Deferred Debt Agreements (DDAs) to be entered into.  
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Using banter as a defence to harassment claims
Recent research shows that the number of employment tribunal claims related to workplace banter has increased in the last year. This means that more employers are relying on conduct being ‘banter’ as a defence to discrimination and harassment claims and this article explains the context in which such a defence might be used.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: The Perils of Online Activity – a lesson to be learnt from MP Neil Parish
This week, Former Conservative MP Neil Parish, offered his formal resignation after admitting to watching pornography on two occasions whilst sitting in the House of Commons. This article highlights the issues that arise in respect of inappropriate online activities and the steps employers should take to prevent such conduct, and deal with any resulting disciplinary proceedings and/or claims.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: The Importance of the PCP and the Comparison Pool in Indirect Discrimination Claims
The Employment Appeal Tribunal in the recent case of Allen v Primark Stores Ltd has confirmed that where an employee is claiming indirect discrimination on the basis of a provision, criterion or practice (‘PCP’), in determining whether the employee has been placed at a substantial disadvantage the pool of employees for comparison purposes must relate to the precise PCP issued by the employer.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Changes to Right to Work checks from 6 April 2022
The Home Office is seeking to digitalise UK Right to Work (‘RTW’) checks and employers will have to get their heads around further changes which came into effect on 6 April 2022.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Voluntary Redundancy – no longer a bar to unfair dismissal claims?
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (‘EAT’) has recently overturned a decision of the Employment Tribunal (‘ET’) which struck out a claim for unfair dismissal brought by an employee who was voluntarily redundant. The case emphasises that employers may still face liability for unfair dismissal, even where an employee has requested voluntary redundancy.
Employment Opportunities for Ukrainian Nationals – What Employers Need to Know
For those businesses who want to offer support to Ukrainians by offering them employment, it is important for employers to be properly prepared before doing so.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: Neurodiversity in the workplace
Neurodiversity Celebration Week took place at the end of March which aims to challenge stereotypes and misconceptions about people with neurological differences.
D-BRIEF – Employment & Pensions Blog: “Vento Bands” used to assess injury to feelings awards in discrimination and whistleblowing claims are to increase
It was announced on 28 March 2022, by the Presidents of the Employment Tribunals, that the bands for injury to feelings awards, the so-called Vento Bands, are to be increased in England, Wales and Scotland. The new bands, as detailed below, are set to come into effect on or after 6 April 2022.