Long Term Sick Leave Dismissal The Court of Appeals rejected an employee dismissal following more than six years of an employee on long-term sick leave. The case was returned to Employment Tribunal. To be clear, this is a thorny case with much back and forth. A sick...
Maximum Employment Tribunal Award Changes Beginning today (April 6, 2017) the maximum employment tribunal award limits as well as other amounts payable under UK Employment Law are increased. Summary of Key Changes One week’s pay for calculating redundancy and unfair...
Employment Tribunal Decisions Available Online The Employment Tribunal Decisions from Scotland, Wales, and England are now available online as part of a gov.uk web page in which anyone can perform searches of any judgment of the first instance. It is easy to use with...
National Living Wage Changes for 2017 This is a very short post as a reminder about the changes to the National Living wage and National Minimum Wage which take effect on 6 April Wage Changes Changes for the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage in 2017 While...
You’re Fired – NOT! Sacking an employee is not done Donald Trump or Lord Sugar style. Even on grounds of gross misconduct that preclude the need to give notice employers should follow standard procedures. Dismissing an Employee There are a number of...
HR Policies and Procedures Procedures are procedures right? You don’t have a choice. Just get the correct form out of the filling cabinet and plod on? Wrong. We are finding all too often HR Managers are starting processes that are not only handled badly but which,...
