Knowledge November : Past Editions
For those who are new to our newsletter, each November we focus in-depth on a subject with weekly videos and content on a specific topic. In previous years we have looked at the following in focus: 2021 – Constructive Dismissal Week 1 –...Updating your practices around right to work checks
From 1 October 2022, there will only be three main methods of checking an individual’s right to work in the UK – online, manual and using an Identity Service Provider (IDSP). The method an employer uses will depend on the immigration status of the individual and the...Reframing your thinking around reasonable adjustments
I regularly come across the attitude that it is for the employee to ask their employer for the reasonable adjustments that they need. Firstly, this is not correct – the Equality Act 2010 places an obligation on the employer to make reasonable adjustments, irrespective...The implications of falsehoods in CVs
A Court decision caught my eye when I was reading the legal news. Firstly, the case is interesting because it went all the way to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court. Secondly, the Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Court of Appeal. Thirdly, the...Holiday calculations for part year workers
Given we are in peak holiday season, are you happy you are paying people correctly when they take annual leave? The Supreme Court, i.e. the highest Court in our land has just ruled on the case of a teacher whose employment contract meant that she only worked for a...VIDEO: Recent Employment Tribunal result which centred around gender-critical beliefs
Our latest video is available to view on the Refreshing Law YouTube channel – please click here to watch Anna discussing in detail the recent Employment Tribunal case involving Maya Forstater which centred around gender-critical beliefs and whether she was...Revised Fit Notes
You may be aware that the categories of people who are able to sign a Fit Note for the purposes of Statutory Sick Pay and other Social Security claims has been broadened with effect from 1 July 2022, so that pharmacists, physiotherapists, registered nurses and...Long COVID was a disability
The first Employment Tribunal case to determine that an employee with long COVID was disabled within the meaning of Section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 has taken place. The employee was a caretaker and he tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2020. Initially, he was...Extension of who can provide an employee with a Fit Note
You will all be familiar with GPs providing employees with certification that they are insufficiently well to attend work on day 8 of their absence, enabling the employer to then process, for example, statutory sick pay. Some new regulations, snappily titled “The...
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