by Anna Denton | Jul 1, 2022 | Covid-19, 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...
by Anna Denton | Aug 4, 2021 | Covid-19, non-payment of commission
The Tribunal has recently dealt with a case relating to non-payment of commission due to COVID-19 in Sharma v Lily Communications. The employee concerned had a basic salary and then commission based on 15% of profit that the business made. This was paid upfront and...
by Anna Denton | Jul 23, 2021 | conflict at work, Covid-19
Recently I have been commenting about the rising conflict that I am seeing in the workplace. This is unsurprising given some of the tensions that are around managing COVID-19 and the lessening of restrictions – the burden is being placed on employers to resolve the...
by Anna Denton | Apr 13, 2021 | Covid-19, Employment Rights Act, Refusal to work
A case involving an employee who refused to attend work due to COVID-19 – Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd caught my eye because it is one of the first decisions that I have heard about dealing with an automatically unfair dismissal claim under Section 100 of the...
by Anna Denton | Mar 23, 2021 | Covid-19, Shielding
If this feels familiar, we have been here before … In WalesThe clinically extremely vulnerable have been advised to shield in Wales since the 22 December 2020. Shielding for the clinically extremely vulnerable will be paused on 31 March 2021. The fact that the word...
by Anna Denton | Jan 27, 2021 | Covid-19, Risk Assessment
We are only 4 weeks into January and already this is the second time I have blogged about updating risk assessments. My last Blog on the subject can be found here. Why I am nagging you again is that on 20 January 2021, the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions)...