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The Supreme Court handed down a final judgment in the Asda equal pay saga. In Asda v Brierley, a predominantly female group of Asda store workers are saying they should be paid the same as a group of predominantly male distribution depot workers who are paid more than them. The proposed comparators work at different ‘establishments’ – the claimants work in Asda stores and the comparators in Asda distribution depots.
As of 17th May, we have seen many of the Coronavirus restrictions lifted further with a view to eventually returning to normality. Perhaps the most notable change was the reopening of hospitality businesses, resulting in many people finally being able to return to work.
The law does differ in relation to same-sex marriages and civil partnerships. Whilst a civil partnership can often be described as “gay marriage” there is a distinct difference between the two.
Nobody likes to think of death, particularly when you have children that you love and care for.
However, there are steps that can be taken to ensure your wishes are respected long after you’re gone.
The pandemic has thrown many employers and employees into a world of turmoil, however, as light begins to shine at the end of the tunnel as the vaccine program rolls out, we look at whether a ‘no jab, no job’ policy relating to employees receiving a vaccine is enforceable by your employer.
Everyone’s been there at some stage in their career, whether it’s sat behind a desk or out on site, everyone can feel a little run down and under the weather at work.
But what if this has been going on for a prolonged period of time? Could your job be the cause of the illness?
With staycations likely to be on the cards this year, summer personal injuries are likely to increase within the UK particularly in parks and gardens, which will be full of people looking to make the most of the summer sun. Whilst the sunny weather can be the perfect time to relax and unwind, for some, it can spell disaster.
The National Living Wage (previously known as the national minimum wage) increased from 1 April to £8.91, the equivalent of more than £345 a year for a full-time employee.
Remote working has hidden employees from sight, causing some employers to worry about what their staff are doing during working hours. The Guardian has reported that one of the world’s biggest call centre companies is planning to install surveillance systems to monitor what their staff are doing, whether that’s working, eating or going to the toilet. Teleperformance, which employs 380,000 staff in 34 countries, works for big names in Britain such as the government, NHS Digital, Vodafone, Aviva and the Guardian itself. The article says that there is nothing to suggest that these companies know about this surveillance plan and Teleperformance has now indicated that surveillance will not be rolled out in the UK. Teleperformance has said that the surveillance plans evolved from employees saying that they felt isolated while working at home.
Employers must not discriminate against workers on the grounds of their religion or religious beliefs. In Page v NHS Trust Development Authority, the Court of Appeal has looked at whether an employee can be fairly dismissed for the way he expressed his beliefs, rather than the beliefs themselves.