by Anna Denton | Jun 9, 2020 | Covid-19, Health and Safety, PPE
This is one in a series of Blogs around Covid-19 issues. We have recently prepared a Blog in relation to pregnancy and also a Video Blog discussing returning to work. The Government has been at pains to say in its guidance that employers aren’t required to provide...
by Anna Denton | May 26, 2020 | Coronavirus, Dismissal, Health and Safety
For the purposes of this Blog, the relevant legislation is Section 100 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA) and specifically sub-sections d) and e). It’s worth setting out to begin with what those sections actually say: (1) – an employee who is dismissed...
by Anna Denton | Sep 18, 2019 | Health and Safety, wrongful dismissal
A recent Health & Safety related case shows the need for an employer to weigh up all of the evidence when they are making a decision. In this particular case, an employee had had an accident that had resulted in a broken ankle at a biscuit factory. He was asked...
by Anna Denton | Jul 3, 2019 | Health and Safety, Managing stress, Stress at work
Last week I was talking to a friend who is metaphorically “drowning at work” due to the size of her job and the success of the organisation that she works for. She made her line manager aware of this fact and the suggested solution was for her to “do a to...
by Anna Denton | Jan 21, 2016 | Discrimination, Health and Safety
We all know that the Equality Act 2010 prohibits an employer from refusing to employ someone solely on the basis of their age but equally when there are accidents in the workplace such as the recent case where a bus crashed into a Coventry supermarket killing two...
by Anna Denton | Apr 30, 2015 | Articles, Discrimination, Health and Safety
You may have come across clauses in a sickness policy or in contracts of employment where the employer reserves the right to review the payment of contractual sick pay (and not pay) if the employee had been injured participating in a sport or leisure activity. The...