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What does TUPE mean? Is your employer based in the UK? Are you legally classed as an employee? Has the company where you work been sold to another company? Is the business (or part of it) being transferred to another business? Is your employer merging with another firm to create a new company? Do you …
Is your employer trying to ensure diversity across the organisation? If yes, that’s a worthy move. However, it shouldn’t mean you lose your job because of how old you are as is likely to amount to age discrimination. That’s what happened to Professor Paul Ewart. He was head of atomic and laser physics at Oxford …
These days, it seems unlikely that anyone will lose their job simply because they get married. But that routinely used to happen to women (in the 1950s, nurses had to leave the NHS when they got married, for example). One reason why the Sex Discrimination Act was originally implemented in 1975 was to create equality …
If you work for employers on a temporary basis via an agency, your contract is usually with the agency that books you. You’re not classified as an employee, and you’re not self-employed. In law, you’re what’s called a ‘worker’. As a worker, you have certain rights. These include the right: to be paid the national …
Are you in trouble because you’ve broken your company’s social media policy? Read this article to understand the implications. You might be used to sharing your opinions online. You might think it’s natural to want to check your personal emails or social media during working hours. But your employer might not allow that, and you …
Guaranteed access to prompt and fair justice has been enshrined in English law since Magna Carta in 1297. However, in July 2013, the Government introduced fees to submit claims at Tribunal and a further fee to have them heard. Charges started at £160 for issuing a claim for lost wages or breach of contract. Tribunal …
Unfortunately, there isn’t a simple answer to that question, but here’s a brief overview to give you an idea. Taxable income payments If your settlement agreement* includes a sum to cover salary, bonus, commission and holiday pay that’s due to you, you will have to pay tax and national insurance at your usual rate. If …
Employers have a legal duty to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for employees with a disability. Failing to do so may amount to a type of discrimination known as ‘failure to make reasonable adjustments.’ If you are searching for ‘examples of failure to make reasonable adjustments’ because you believe that you may have been prejudiced at work …
Is there a Discrimination Act in the UK? There is nothing in current stature called the “Discrimination Act” in the United Kingdom. Discrimination is covered by the Equality Act 2010 in GB. This replaced previous legislation, and is designed to protect people from discrimination, harassment and victimisation. There remains a variety of different legislation in …
What to do if you are harassed at work Imagine this. You discover a WhatsApp group dedicated to racially abusing you and a colleague. That’s what happened to Ms M Abdi. Here’s the story. In 2017, Ms Abdi joined Deltec International Courier Ltd in Hounslow, Middlesex as an operations clerk. In August 2018, there was …