This Update contains brief details of recent Government publications, legislation, cases and other developments relevant to those involved in health and social care work, which have been published in the last month.
The Supreme Court has finally handed down its reserved judgment in the much anticipated case Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Botham (FC) v Ministry of Defence which was heard in June this year.
James Gutteridge reports on the latest employment news: how to prepare for the arrival of winter weather; an update on auto-enrolment of pension schemes; and a couple of interesting case updates.
On 23 November, Business Secretary Vince Cable gave a speech at the Engineering Employers' Federation in London outlining the government's plans for reform of employment legislation and practices. This announcement coincided with the publication of the government’s written response to the Resolving Workplace Disputes consultation, containing further details of many of the proposals and "calls for evidence". Following our article last month which detailed many of these reforms John Moore takes another look at some of the key announcements and analyses what we and the employment market in general, have made of them.
This Update contains brief details of recent Government publications, legislation, cases and other developments relevant to those involved in health and social care work, which have been published in the last month.
In recent months there have been a notable number of announcements and emphatic speeches from the prime minister and his government regarding changes to employment law. Sarah Lamont has looked into these in more detail and sets out the various proposals and suggestions.
Although it may not be Christmas just yet Joanna Smart is generously treating you to a bumper edition of the news round up this month, covering a mixture of legal developments from October and November 2011.
As many of you will be aware there has been a great deal of case law on the issue of holiday entitlement to those on long term sick leave. It is now clear that those workers on sickness absence continue to accrue their annual leave entitlement during this time and that they can to take annual leave at the same time as being absent due to sickness. However the area which is less clear cut is whether an employee on sickness absence can claim holiday pay where they have failed to give notice to take the leave to their employer. The latest in the string of sickness cases is Fraser v St George’s NHS Trust which has provided some clarification on this potentially confusing, yet important, issue; Lara Feghali has reviewed the case and sets out the implications for employers below.
This Update contains brief details of recent Government publications, legislation, cases and other developments relevant to those involved in health and social care work, which have been published in the last month.
This Update contains brief details of recent Government publications, legislation, cases and other developments relevant to those involved in health and social care work, which have been published in the last month.